Haruki Murakami Quotes
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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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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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I don't want our relationship to end like this. You're one of the very few friends I have, and it hurts not being able to see you. When am I going to be able to talk to you? I want you to tell me that much, at least.
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To know one’s own state is not a simple matter. One cannot look directly at one’s own face with one’s own eyes, for example. One has no choice but to look at one’s reflection in the mirror. Through experience, we come to believe that the image is correct, but that is all.
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Narratives have the same power, I think. Some readers of my novels ask me, "Why do you understand me?". That's a huge pleasure of mine because it means that readers and I can make our narratives relative.
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Spending plenty of time on something can be the most sophisticated form of revenge.
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I said nothing for a time, just ran my fingertips along the edge of the human-shaped emptiness that had been left inside me.
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It seemed to me that this world has a serious shortage of both logic and kindness.
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I'm the kind of person who has to totally commit to whatever I do.
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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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Anyone who falls in love is searching for the missing pieces of themselves. So anyone who's in love gets sad when they think of their lover. It's like stepping back inside a room you have fond memories of, one you haven't seen in a long time.
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Possibilities are like cancer. The more I think about them, the more they multiply, and there's no way to stop them. I'm out of control.
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In traveling, a companion, in life, compassion.
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If there’s something I can’t do but want to, I won’t relax until I’m able to do it.
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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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Wasn't he the one who said you shouldn't trust anybody who calls himself an ordinar man?
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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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Our faces were no more than ten inches apart but she was lightyears away from me.
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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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The better you were able to imagine what you wanted to imagine, the farther you could flee from reality.
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What we seek is some kind of compensation for what we put up with.
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What I feel for her is a wholly different emotion. It stands and walks on its own, living and breathing and throbbing and shaking me to the roots of my being.
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Closing your eyes isn't going to change anything. Nothing's going to disappear just because you can't see what's going on. In fact, things will even be worse the next time you open your eyes. That's the kind of world we live in. Keep your eyes wide open. Only a coward closes his eyes. Closing your eyes and plugging up your ears won't make time stand still.
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Please remember: things are not what they seem.