“Those were strange days, now that I look back at them. In the midst of life, everything revolved around death.”
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Haruki Murakami
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“Those were strange days, now that I look back at them. In the midst of life, everything revolved around death.”
“It just happens to be the way that I'm made. I have to write things down to feel I fully comprehend them.”
“I want you always to remember me. Will you remember that I existed, and that I stood next to you here like this?”
“Person A understand Person B because the time is right for that to happen, not because Person B wants to be understood by Person A.”
“Las cosas fluyen hacia donde tienen que fluir, y por más que te esfuerces e intentes hacerlo lo mejor posible, cuando llega el momento de herir a alguien lo hieres. La vida es así.”
“I’ve never once thought about how I was going to die,” she said. “I can’t think about it. I don’t even know how I’m going to live.”