"I didn't want to be a writer, but I became one. And now I have many readers, in many countries. I think that's a miracle. So I think I have to be humble regarding this ability. I'm proud of it and I enjoy it, and it is strange to say it this way, but I respect it."

- Haruki Murakami

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"I do have a couple of talents nobody else has. And as long as I have these talents, no matter what sort of weird world I find myself in, I’ll survive."

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"The world is sure full of creepy guys."

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"Hope, however, is limited, and generally abstract, while there are countless trials, and they tend to be concrete."

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"Maybe the easiest things are the hardest to come up with. Like they say, people miss what’s going on right under their noses."

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"You have the right to send your consciousness wherever you want. It’s your life, and your consciousness. You have your own idea of what is right, and you’re putting it into practice."

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"I am who I am, no matter who or what I’m connected with—or not connected with."

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"Looks can be deceiving."

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"Every day time moves forward one day’s worth. And what has gone forward can’t go back to where it came."

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"Nobody’s easier to fool than the person who is convinced that he is right."

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"Wherever there’s hope there’s a trial."

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"If a person remains tense for a long time he might not notice it himself, but it’s like his nerves are a piece of rubber that has been stretched out."

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"Any secret known by more than ten people isn’t a secret anymore."

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"With great knowledge comes great responsibility."

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"It takes a thief to catch a thief."

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The winds of reality had not extinguished the flames in his heart.

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