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by Haruki Murakami
Japan
Born on 12 Jan 1949
Writer

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The body is not the only target of rape. Violence does not always take a visible form, and not all wounds gush blood.

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Please remember: things are not what they seem.

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Knowledge and ability were tools, not things to show off.

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What we call the present is given shape by an accumulation of the past.

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Life is so uncertain: you never know what could happen. One way to deal with that is to keep your pajamas washed.

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Loneliness becomes an acid that eats away at you.

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If you never noticed, it never happened.

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You can keep as quiet as you like, but one of these days somebody is going to find you.

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It is not that the meaning cannot be explained. But there are certain meanings that are lost forever the moment they are explained in words.

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Life is not like water. Things in life don't necessarily flow over the shortest possible route.

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Haruki Murakami

 

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