"Generally, people who are good at writing letters……" — Haruki Murakami
"Generally, people who are good at writing letters have no need to write letters. They've got plenty of life to lead inside their own context."
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1,044 Quotes by Haruki Murakami
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Colours shone with exceptional clarity in the rain. The ground was a deep black, the pine branches a brilliant green,…
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Even if there were two of me, I still couldn't do all that has to be done. No matter what,…
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It's like Tolstoy said. Happiness is an allegory, unhappiness a story.
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I write weird stories. I don't know why I like weirdness so much ... But when I write, I write…
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When I write about a 15-year old, I jump, I return to the days when I was that age. It's…
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Now all you can do is wait. It must be hard for you, but there is a right time for…
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Reality's just the accumulation of ominous prophecies come to life. All you have to do is open a newspaper on…
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Team sports aren't my thing. I find it easier to pick something up if I can do it at my…
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Even when I ran my bar I followed the same policy. A lot of customers came to the bar. If…
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I think violence in a cinematic context can be, if handled in a certain way, very seductive.
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Context and memory play powerful roles in all the truly great meals in one's life.
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I cannot abide anyone treating another human being like a piece of dirt, whatever the context.
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We are searching for some kind of harmony between two intangibles: a form which we have not yet designed and…
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In a typical history book, black Americans are mentioned in the context of slavery or civil rights. There's so much…
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In writing lyrics - well, for me, anyway - it's about getting into character, you know? 'Who is writing this?'…
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If you're a baker, making bread, you're a baker. If you make the best bread in the world, you're not…
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First love, with its frantic haughty imagination, swings its object clear of the everyday, over the rut of living, making…
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