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Time flows in a strange way on Sundays.

Haruki Murakami

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Haruki Murakami
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: January 12
Athletics Competitor
Essayist
Linguist
Novelist
Prosaist
Science Fiction Writer
Translator
University Teacher
Writer
Kyōto
Murakami Haruki
Sundays
Flows
Sunday
Flow
Strange
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Time

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Confidence as a teenager? Because I knew what I loved. I loved to read I loved to listen to music and I love cats. Those three things. So, even though I was an only kid, I could be happy because I knew what I loved.
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No matter how honestly you open up to someone, there are still things you cannot reveal.
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What we seek is some kind of compensation for what we put up with.
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For a long time, she held a special place in my heart. I kept this special place just for her, like a Reserved sign on a quiet corner table in a restaurant. Despite the fact that I was sure I'd never see her again.
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She was hearing everything that went on in his heart, like a person who can trace a map with his fingertip and conjure up vivid, living scenery.
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sometimes I think I've got this hard kernel in my heart, and nothing much can get inside it. I doubt if I can really love anybody.
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How much do you love me?' Midori asked. 'Enough to melt all the tigers in the world to butter,' I said.
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I don’t know what it means to live.
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She's letting out her feelings. The scary thing is not being able to do that. When your feelings build up and harden and die inside, then you're in big trouble.
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When I wake up, my pillow’s cold and damp with tears. But tears for what? I have no idea.
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Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional. Say you’re running and you think, ‘Man, this hurts, I can’t take it anymore. The ‘hurt’ part is an unavoidable reality, but whether or not you can stand anymore is up to the runner himself.
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It's not me but the world that's deranged.
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Become like a sheet of blotting paper and soak it all in. Later on you can figure out what to keep and what to unload.
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My grandpa always said asking a question is embarrassing for a moment, but not asking is embarrassing for a lifetime.
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The ocean was one of the greatest things he had ever seen in his life—bigger and deeper than anything he had imagined. It changed its color and shape and expression according to time and place and weather. It aroused a deep sadness in his heart, and at the same time it brought his heart peace and comfort.
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At least he never walked.
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