Haruki Murakami quotes - page 14

Distance might not solve anything, no matter how far you run. (Haruki Murakami)
What we call the present is given shape by an accumulation of the past. View quote
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So the fact that I'm me and no one else is one of my greatest assets. Emotional hurt is the price a person has to pay in order to be independent. View quote
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People leave strange little memories of themselves behind when they die. View quote
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I'll write to you. A super-long letter, like in an old-fashioned novel. View quote
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She lived frugally, but her meals were the only things on which she deliberately spent her money. She never compromised on the quality of her groceries, and drank only good-quality wines. View quote
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Time expands, then contracts, all in tune with the stirrings of the heart. View quote
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You're afraid of imagination and even more afraid of dreams. Afraid of the resposibility that begins in dreams. But you have to sleep and dreams are a part of sleep. When you're awake you can suppress imagination but you can't supress dreams. View quote
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Results aside, the ability to have complete faith in another human being is one of the finest qualities a person can possess. View quote
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It's a question of attitude. If you really work at something you can do it up to a point. If you really work at being happy you can do it up to a point. But anything more than that you can't. Anything more than that is luck. View quote
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If you listen to the radio for a whole hour there's maybe one decent song. The rest is mass-produced garbage. (Haruki Murakami)
If they invent a car that runs on stupid jokes, you could go far. View quote
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Was the earth put here just to nourish human loneliness? View quote
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We each have a special something we can get only at a special time of our life. like a small flame. A careful, fortunate few cherish that flame, nurture it, hold it as a torch to light their way. But once that flame goes out, it's gone forever. View quote
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Once a guy starts using a wig, he has to keep using one. It's, like, his fate. That's why wig makers make such huge profits. I hate to say it, but they're like drug dealers. View quote
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In traveling, a companion, in life, compassion. View quote
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This may be the most important proposition revealed by history: At the time, no one knew what was coming. View quote
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Time really is one big continuous cloth, no? We habitually cut out pieces of time to fit us, so we tend to fool ourselves into thinking that time is our size, but it really goes on and on. View quote
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It's like the Tibetan Wheel of the Passions. As the wheel turns, the values and feelings on the outer rim rise and fall, shining or sinking into darkness. But true love stays fastened to the axle and doesn't move. View quote
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My point is: in this whole wide world the only person you can depend on is you. View quote
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My arm was not what she needed, but the arm of someone else. My warmth was not what she needed, but the warmth of someone else. (Haruki Murakami)
Things can be seen better in the darkness," he said, as if he had just seen into her mind. "But the longer you spend in the dark, the harder it becomes to return to the world aboveground where the light is. View quote
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Ordinary imperfect people, always choose similarly imperfect people as friends. View quote
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Still, in the end, we all die just the same. View quote
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Who can really distinguish between the sea and what's reflected in it? Or tell the difference between the falling rain and loneliness? View quote
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