More Quotes by Haruki Murakami
No matter how much suffering you went through, you never wanted to let go of those memories.
Don't feel sorry for yourself. Only assholes do that.
And once the storm is over, you won’t remember how you made it through, how you managed to survive. You won’t even be sure, whether the storm is really over. But one thing is certain. 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.
But I didn't understand then. That I could hurt somebody so badly she would never recover. That a person can, just by living, damage another human being beyond repair.
Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.
If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.
I want you always to remember me. Will you remember that I existed, and that I stood next to you here like this?
What happens when people open their hearts?" "They get better.
I was always hungry for love. Just once, I wanted to know what it was like to get my fill of it -- to be fed so much love I couldn't take any more. Just once.
Sometimes when I look at you, I feel I'm gazing at a distant star. It's dazzling, but the light is from tens of thousands of years ago. Maybe the star doesn't even exist any more. Yet sometimes that light seems more real to me than anything.
