“A gentleman is someone who does not what he wants to do but what he should do.”
— Haruki Murakami
“Memories warm you up from the inside. But they also tear you apart.”
— Haruki Murakami
“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.”
— Haruki Murakami
“Lost opportunities, lost possibilities, feelings we can never get back again. That's part of what it means to be alive.”
— Haruki Murakami
“Emotional hurt is the price a person has to pay in order to be independent.”
— Haruki Murakami
“If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.”
— Haruki Murakami
“Life is a lot more fragile than we think. So you should treat others in a way that leaves no regrets.”
— Haruki Murakami
“As time goes on, you'll understand. What lasts, lasts; what doesn't, doesn't. Time solves most things. And what time can't solve, you have to solve yourself.”
— Haruki Murakami