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Good style happens in one of two ways: the writer either has an inborn talent or is willing to work herself to death to get it.
Haruki Murakami
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Haruki Murakami
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: January 12
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Kyōto
Murakami Haruki
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I used to run a full marathon in three hours and 25 or 26 minutes. Not any more.
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She was truly a beautiful girl. I could feel a small polished stone sinking through the darkest waters of my heart. All those deep convoluted channels and passageways, and yet she managed to toss her pebble right down to the bottom of it all.
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Whiskey, like a beautiful woman, demands appreciation. You gaze first, then it's time to drink.
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two people can sleep in the same bed and still be alone when they close their eyes
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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?
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I may not be the most likable person in the world, but I try not to upset people.
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It is my huge pleasure that my novels are translated into languages that are read among small numbers of people.
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In my younger days, I was trying to write sophisticated prose and fantastic stories.
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Our faces were no more than ten inches apart but she was lightyears away from me.
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If you think God’s there, He is. If you don’t, He isn’t. And if that’s what God’s like, I wouldn’t worry about it.
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Did you ever see anyone shot by a gun without bleeding?
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I'm all alone, but I'm not lonely.
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Nobody's easier to fool, than the person who is convinced that he is right.
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But knowing what I don’t want to do doesn’t help me figure out what I do want to do. I could do just about anything if somebody made me. But I don’t have an image of the one thing I really want to do. That’s my problem now. I can’t find the image.
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Sometimes we don't need words. Rather, it's words that need us.
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My point is: in this whole wide world the only person you can depend on is you.
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No, I don't want your money. The world moves less by money than by what you owe people and what they owe you. I don't like to owe anybody anything, so I keep to myself as much on the lending side as I can.
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The better you were able to imagine what you wanted to imagine, the farther you could flee from reality.
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