Haruki Murakami

Yet, if I could start over, I was sure I would do the exact same things again. Because that was me.

You need to grab whatever chance you have of happiness where you find it, and not worry about other people too much... We get no more than two or three such chances in a life time, and if we let them go, we regret it for the rest of our lives.

None of us are ever finished. Everyone is always a work in progress.

No matter how far you travel, you can never get away from yourself.

But we cannot simply sit and stare at our wounds forever.

If you can love someone with your whole heart, even one person, then there's salvation in life. Even if you can't get together with that person.

You know, if you are kind of rich, the best thing is that you don't have to think about money. The best thing you can buy with money is freedom, time. I don't know how much I earn a year. I have no idea. I don't know how much I pay in taxes.

Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.

Memories warm you up from the inside. But they also tear you apart.

If you remember me, then I don't care if everyone else forgets.

Unfortunately, the clock is ticking, the hours are going by. The past increases, the future recedes. Possibilities decreasing, regrets mounting.

Every one of us is losing something precious to us. Lost opportunities, lost possibilities, feelings we can never get back again. That’s part of what it means to be alive.

Always remember that to argue, and win, is to break down the reality of the person you are arguing against. It is painful to lose your reality, so be kind, even if you are right.

If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.