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There's no such thing as perfect writing, just like there's no such thing as perfect despair.Haruki Murakami
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That's how it is with art. Mere humans who root through their refrigerators at three o'clock in the morning are incapable of such writing.Haruki Murakami
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I all of a sudden got to feeling like talking to people. Whenever I look at the ocean, I always want to talk to people, but when I’m talking to people, I always want to look at the ocean. I’m weird like that.Haruki Murakami
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All the same, writing honestly is very difficult. The more I try to be honest, the farther my words sink into darkness.Haruki Murakami
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Lies are terrible things. One could say that the greatest sins afflicting modern society are the proliferation of lies and silence. We lie through our teeth, then swallow our tongues. All the same, were we to speak only the truth all year round, then the truth might lose its value.Haruki Murakami
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Telling lies is a really terrible thing. These days, lies and silence are the two greatest sins in human society you might say. In reality, we tell lots of lies, and we often break into silence. However, if we were constant;y talking year-round, and telling only the truth truth would probably lose some of its value.Haruki Murakami
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It’s really difficult to talk about dead people, but it’s even harder to talk about dead young women. It’s because from the time they die, they’ll be young forever. On the other hand, for us, the survivors, every year, every month, every day, we get older. Sometimes, I feel like I can feel myself aging from one hour to the next. It’s a terrible thing, but that’s reality.Haruki Murakami
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Whenever I look at the ocean, I always want to talk to people, but when I'm talking to people, I always want to look at the ocean.Haruki Murakami