Haruki Murakami Quotes
The curious thing about individuals is that their singularity always goes beyond any category or generalization in the book.
Quotes to Explore
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Do I want to write a musical? No. I like to do musicals.
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Disinterring famous people has become a kind of sport in the Hispanic world. Before Cervantes, it happened to Evita, Che Guevara, Federico Garcia Lorca, and Pablo Neruda.
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We make assumptions: nurses should be nice, teachers should be good. But everyone has a dark side, some darker than others.
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I'm not a princess anyway so I find that quite weird to be labelled as one.
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The mystery at the center of 'Burial Rites' is not who killed whom on the night of March 13, 1828. It is the mystery each of us encounters: Can we every truly know another? Can we ever truly know ourselves?
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This is a revolution of the mind, get your mind together and get away from drugs.
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Tell me he’s not talking to Brandon,” Claire said. “Um… Ok. He’s not talking to Brandon.” “You’re lying.” “Yeah. He’s talking to Brandon. Look, let Shane do his thing, okay? He’s not as stupid as he looks, mostly.
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It gets to the point where you're hot, you're hot, and when you're not, you're not. It's so true. I have to slow down soon.
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We're weird roman candles burning bright at both ends. At the end of the road's where this story begins. Where the green of the gulf meets the blue of the sea. What makes it all happen is still a mystery to me. But those crazy days and those crazy ways, we never want to undo. We'll be together, now and forever.
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The ego's blocking the light from coming.
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One thing we know for sure is that change is certain. Progress is not. Progress depends on the choices we make today for tomorrow and on whether we meet our challenges and protect our values.
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What was the use of doing great things if I could have a better time telling her what I was going to do?
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Proust had his madeleines; I am devastated by the scent of yeast bread rising.
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You and I don't have the same genetics, we don't live in the same places, but we can have the same basic attitude - being comfortable in our skin.
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Is it not a terrible thing to be forced by society to do things which all of us as individuals regard as abominable crimes?
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Republics, like individuals, who are benefited by personal sacrifices, are proverbially ungrateful.
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The curious thing about individuals is that their singularity always goes beyond any category or generalization in the book.
