Haruki Murakami Quotes
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To be able to talk to your heart’s content about a book you like with someone who feels the same way about it is one of the greatest joys that life can offer.
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A story is not something of this world. A real story requires a kind of magical baptism to link the world on this side with the world on the other side.
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When I write about a 15-year old, I jump, I return to the days when I was that age. It's like a time machine. I can remember everything. I can feel the wind. I can smell the air. Very actually. Very vividly.
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I'm a writer. I don't support any war. That's my principle.
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No matter how much suffering you went through, you never wanted to let go of those memories.
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Confidence; as a teenager? Because I knew what I loved. I loved to read; I loved to listen to music; and I love cats. Those three things. So, even though I was an only kid, I could be happy because I knew what I loved.
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Why do people have to build such depressing places? I'm not saying that every nook and cranny of the world has to be beautiful, but does it have to be this ugly?
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You make do with what you have. As you age you learn even to be happy with what you have.
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All of us are imperfect human beings living in an imperfect world.
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A girl doesn't always want to go out, you know, Mr. Wind-Up Bird. Sometimes she feels like being nasty--like, if the guy's gonna wait, let him really wait.
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You can have tons of talent, but it won't necessarily keep you fed. If you have sharp instincts, through, you'll never go hungry.
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I never made any plan before writing, however I succeeded. I enjoyed writing with excitement ,"what happen on the next page?"
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It's all matter of attitude. You could let a lot of things bother you if you wanted to But it's pretty much the same anywhere you go, you can manage.
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That was the rule. Break one of my rules once, and I’m bound to break many more.
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Writing is fun - at least mostly. I write for four hours every day. After that I go running. As a rule, 10 kilometers (6.2 miles). That's easy to manage.
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You like to write. It's the single most important quality for someone who wants to be a writer. But not in itself enough.
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Spend your money on the things money can buy. Spend your time on the things money can’t buy.
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I'm not a fast reader. I like to linger over each sentence, enjoying the style. If I don't enjoy the writing, I stop.
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Which is why I am writing this book. To think. To understand. It just happens to be the way I'm made. I have to write things down to feel I fully comprehend them.
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My biggest fault is that the faults I was born with grow bigger each year.
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The most important thing we learn at school is the fact that the most important things can't be learned at school.
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But still," Ayumi said, "it seems to me that this world has a serious shortage of both logic and kindness." "You may be right," Aomame said, "But it's too late to trade it in for another one.
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You said that the mind is like the wind but perhaps it is we who are like the wind Knowing nothing, simply blowing through. Never aging, never dying.
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Waiting for your answer is one of the most painful things I have ever been through. At least let me know whether or not I hurt you.