More Quotes by Haruki Murakami
Memories warm you up from the inside. But they also tear you apart.
No matter how much suffering you went through, you never wanted to let go of those memories.
But who can say what's best? That's why you need to grab whatever chance you have of happiness where you find it, and not worry about other people too much. My experience tells me that we get no more than two or three such chances in a life time, and if we let them go, we regret it for the rest of our lives.
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.
Don't feel sorry for yourself. Only assholes do that.
If you remember me, then I don't care if everyone else forgets.
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.
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.
I think you still love me, but we can’t escape the fact that I’m not enough for you. I knew this was going to happen. So I’m not blaming you for falling in love with another woman. I’m not angry, either. I should be, but I’m not. I just feel pain. A lot of pain. I thought I could imagine how much this would hurt, but I was wrong.
Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.
