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There are many things we only see clearly in retrospect.

There are many things we only see clearly in retrospect.

Haruki Murakami
Retrospect
Haruki Murakami (2011). “Kafka On The Shore”, p.43, Random House

Inside that darkness, i saw rain falling on the sea. Rain softly falling on a vast sea, with no one there to see it. The rain strikes the surface of the sea, yet even the fish don't know it is raining.

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Rain, Fall, Sea
FaceBook post by Haruki Murakami from Nov 30, 2015

Start making excuses and there's no end to it. I can't live that kind of life.

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Kind, Excuse, Ends

People fall in love without reason, without even wanting to. You can't predict it. That's love.

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Best Love, Falling In Love, People

Everything passes. Nobody gets anything for keeps. And that's how we've got to live.

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FaceBook post by Haruki Murakami from Jun 12, 2011

Be fearless, be brave, be bold, love yourself

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Love You, Brave, Fearless

No truth can cure the sorrow we feel from losing a loved one. No truth, no sincerity, no strength, no kindness can cure that sorrow. All we can do is see it through to the end and learn something from it, but what we learn will be no help in facing the next sorrow that comes to us without warning.

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Death, Kindness, Losing A Loved One
FaceBook post by Haruki Murakami from Mar 04, 2012

An unhealthy soul requires a healthy body.

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Healthy, Soul, Body
Haruki Murakami (2011). “What I Talk About When I Talk About Running”, p.98, Random House

When you are used to the kind of life -of never getting anything you want- you stop knowing what it is you want.

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Knowing, Want, Kind

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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Change, Encouraging, Uplifting
FaceBook post by Haruki Murakami from May 21, 2014

If you think of someone enough, you’re sure to meet them again.

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Thinking, Enough, Ifs
Haruki Murakami (2017). “Men Without Women: Stories”, p.165, Knopf

You have to wait until tomorrow to find out what tomorrow will bring.

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Waiting, Tomorrow

Please think of me like an endangered species and just observe me quietly from far away. If you try to talk to me or touch me casually, I may get intimidated and bite you. So please be careful.

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Thinking, Trying, May

If you can love someone with your whole heart, even one person, then there's salvation in life. Even if you can't get together with that person.

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Love, Life, Hope
FaceBook post by Haruki Murakami from Dec 18, 2011

In most cases learning something essential in life requires physical pain.

Haruki Murakami
Pain, Essentials, Cases
Haruki Murakami (2011). “What I Talk About When I Talk About Running”, p.140, Random House

It feels good to think about you when I'm warm in bed. I feel as if you're curled up there beside me, fast asleep. And I think how great it would be if it were true.

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Relationship, Distance, Thinking
FaceBook post by Haruki Murakami from Nov 11, 2013

There is nothing so cruel in this world as the desolation of having nothing to hope for.

Haruki Murakami
Hope, World, Emptiness
"The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle". Book by Haruki Murakami, August 25, 1995.

You don't have to judge the whole world by your own standards. Not everybody is like you, you know.

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Judging, World, Like You

Why do people have to be this lonely? What's the point of it all? Millions of people in this world, all of them yearning, looking to others to satisfy them, yet isolating themselves. Why? Was the earth put here just to nourish human loneliness?

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Life, Sad, Lonely
FaceBook post by Haruki Murakami from Aug 05, 2011

I want you always to remember me. Will you remember that I existed, and that I stood next to you here like this?

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Want, Next, Remember
FaceBook post by Haruki Murakami from Oct 07, 2012

There are lots of things we never understand, no matter how many years we put on, no matter how much experience we accumulate.

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Years, Matter
FaceBook post by Haruki Murakami from Nov 03, 2016

Don't feel sorry for yourself. Only arseholes do that.

Haruki Murakami
Inspirational, Life, Sorry
"Norwegian Wood". Boook by Haruki Murakami, 1987.

The thing I’m most afraid of is me. Of not knowing what I’m going to do. Of not knowing what I’m doing right now

Haruki Murakami
Life And Love, Knowing, Right Now

It’s pretty thin, the wall separating healthy confidence and unhealthy Pride.

Haruki Murakami
Wall, Pride, Healthy

Whiskey, like a beautiful woman, demands appreciation. You gaze first, then it's time to drink.

Haruki Murakami
Beautiful, Appreciation, Scotch Whisky
Haruki Murakami (1993). “Hard-boiled Wonderland and the End of the World: A Novel”, Vintage

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