153 Quotes by Haruki Murakami about Life
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Everything has boundaries. The same holds true with thought. You shouldn't fear boundaries, but you should not be afraid of destroying them. That's what is most important if you want to be free: respect for and exasperation with boundaries.
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Nobody likes being alone that much. I don't go out of my way to make friends, that's all. It just leads to disappointment.
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When you come out of the storm, you won’t be the same person who walked in. That’s what this storm’s all about.
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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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That’s how stories happen — with a turning point, an unexpected twist. There’s only one kind of happiness, but misfortune comes in all shapes and sizes. It’s like Tolstoy said. Happiness is an allegory, unhappiness a story.
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Despite your best efforts, people are going to be hurt when it's time for them to be hurt.
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Death is not the opposite of life, but a part of it.
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Every one of us is losing something precious to us. Lost opportunities, lost possibilities, feelings we can never get back again. That’s part of what it means to be alive.
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In everybody’s life there’s a point of no return. And in a very few cases, a point where you can’t go forward anymore. And when we reach that point, all we can do is quietly accept the fact. That’s how we survive.
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