Memory Quotes by Haruki Murakami

Memories are what warm you up from the inside. But they're also what tear you apart.

— Haruki Murakami

“Memories feign through scarcely perceived doors of my being.”

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“As time passes, memory, inevitably, reconstitutes itself.”

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The faintest gleam of their lost memories glimmered for the briefest moment in their hearts.

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Memory is like fiction; or else it's fiction that's like memory.

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“The world [...] an endless battle of contrasting memories.”

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Most everything you think you know about me is nothing more than memories.

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I want you to remember me. If you remember me, then I dont care if everyone else forgets

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People's memories are maybe the fuel they burn to stay alive. Whether those memories have any actual importance or not, it doesn't…

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I think history is collective memories. In writing, I'm using my own memory, and I'm using my collective memory.

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“Body cells replace themselves every month. Even at this very moment. Most everything you think you know about me is nothing more…

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“I realize that all I can place in the imperfect vessel of writing are imperfect memories and imperfect thoughts.”

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“This was one of the problems with math department graduates. When it came to areas they weren't interested in, their memory was…

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Memories and thoughts age, just as people do. But certain thoughts can never age, and certain memories can never fade.

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“You know what I think?" she says. "That people's memories are maybe the fuel they burn to stay alive.”

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Memory is so crazy! It's like we've got these drawers crammed with tons of useless stuff. Meanwhile, all the really important things…

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“Writing from memory like this, I often feel a pang of dread. What if I've forgotten the most important thing? What if…

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“Body cells replace themselves every month. Even at this very moment,” she said, thrusting a skinny back of her hand before my…

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Our memory is made up of our individual memories and our collective memories. The two are intimately linked. And history is our…

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“You know what I think?” she says. “That people’s memories are maybe the fuel they burn to stay alive. Whether those memories…

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“Memories warm you up from the inside. But they also tear you apart." Nakata shook his head. “That’s a tough one. Nakata…

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“All of a sudden out of nowhere I can bring back things I haven't thought about for years. It's pretty interesting. Memory…

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“Memory works in different ways for everybody. Different capacities, different directions, too. Sometimes memory helps you think, sometimes it impedes. Doesn’t mean…

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“Everyone of us is losing something precious to us. Lost opportunities, lost possibilities, feelings we can never get back again. That's part…

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“Memories warm you up from the inside. But they also tear you apart.' ... 'Nakata's lived a long time, but as I…

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“They had stolen my memories from me! Nobody had that right. Nobody! My memories belonged to me. Stealing memories was stealing time.…

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“Every one of us is losing something precious to us... Lost opportunities, lost possibilities, feelings we can never get back again. That's…

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“The majority of people dismiss those things that lie beyond the bounds of their own understanding as absurd and not worth thinking…

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“His mind floated in the amniotic fluid of memory, listening for echoes of the past. His father, meanwhile, had no idea that…

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“Every one of us is losing something precious to us,” he says after the phone stops ringing. “Lost opportunities, lost possibilities, feelings…

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Lost opportunities, lost possibilities, feelings we can never get back. That's part of what it means to be alive. But inside our…

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You know what I think?" she says. "That people's memories are maybe the fuel they burn to stay alive. Whether those memories…

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“Were the stars out when I left the house last evening? All I could remember was the couple in the Skyline listening…

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“The sad truth is that what I could recall in five seconds all too soon needed ten, then thirty, then a full…

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That's what the world is , after all: an endless battle of contrasting memories.

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Please remember: things are not what they seem.

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“People leave strange little memories behind when they die.”

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You can hide memories, but you can’t erase the history that produced them

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“Music has that power to revive memories, sometimes so intensely that they hurt.”

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No matter how much suffering you went through, you never wanted to let go of those memories.

— Haruki Murakami