![Death is not the opposite of life, but a part of it.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Gegedl-U2Yw/X1tiqmUb2mI/AAAAAAAAGBM/ZLPXFos5EpopXFI5ov7q9JZpzsBW46KfwCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/death-is-not-the-opposite-of-life-but-a-part-of-it.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Category: haruki murakami
![Death is not the opposite of life, but a part of it.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Gegedl-U2Yw/X1tiqmUb2mI/AAAAAAAAGBM/ZLPXFos5EpopXFI5ov7q9JZpzsBW46KfwCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/death-is-not-the-opposite-of-life-but-a-part-of-it.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
![It’s like Tolstoy said. Happiness is an allegory, unhappiness a story.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Kd35jBN1ngA/X1tvtrWSbcI/AAAAAAAAH60/z1Nmtz9qrX4bXhrl3svyOk4LZ_BKZbJMgCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/its-like-tolstoy-said-happiness-is-an-allegory-unhappiness-a-story.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
It’s like Tolstoy said. Happiness is an allegory, unhappiness a story.
![If you remember me, then I don’t care if everyone else forgets.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-4SIupIPsaJ0/X1tsSjyXFTI/AAAAAAAAHZA/op_-tkXtym4kdSnkzAfrkSFlWfbY4KINgCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/if-you-remember-me-then-i-dont-care-if-everyone-else-forgets.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
If you remember me, then I don’t care if everyone else forgets.
![Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-27t3ssVZtYE/X1t51ml4_0I/AAAAAAAAI5Y/OSs3p06SfxoNzXIkIs_EYmI4toChQiFMwCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/pain-is-inevitable-suffering-is-optional.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.
![Sometimes I get real lonely sleeping with you.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-efkm7h45_lQ/X1t777p-smI/AAAAAAAAJSs/O6_CS1rpo2ARGKSXYJzm-eRdkqz3f_XFACLcBGAsYHQ/h750/sometimes-i-get-real-lonely-sleeping-with-you.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Sometimes I get real lonely sleeping with you.
![If you’re young and talented, it’s like you have wings.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-hQJTiyjeJvA/X1tsffk5QlI/AAAAAAAAHbQ/Vt1E3uHdh6ssboHIDwbkIslwDyKGr9-zgCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/if-youre-young-and-talented-its-like-you-have-wings.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
If you’re young and talented, it’s like you have wings.
![Wherever there’s hope there’s a trial.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ucVenzEwDpQ/X1uRg7_pArI/AAAAAAAALe8/F6MhtLbQ9OkqV3ItGyDoXYFUlU4VwZSigCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/wherever-theres-hope-theres-a-trial.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Wherever there’s hope there’s a trial.
![I dont know what it means to live.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-307DfUIrHG8/X1tqVnxx1XI/AAAAAAAAHB0/rBkE0Qqu-IEwliElxsdJVYB_EhIofUYrgCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/i-dont-know-what-it-means-to-live.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
I dont know what it means to live.
![I don’t go out of my way to make friends, that’s all.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-vUmL9tJML1o/X1tqUZFnkdI/AAAAAAAAHBk/O3OLNMlSHywhUleJA-TA0HkV7VyC_Th2ACLcBGAsYHQ/h750/i-dont-go-out-of-my-way-to-make-friends-thats-all.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
I don’t go out of my way to make friends, that’s all.
![Life doesn’t require ideals. It requires standards of action.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ao1jHLTZzQI/X1twpQENoCI/AAAAAAAAIFw/dtj58UjWQ5IJmhU72sFjcQsK04vJZs1KACLcBGAsYHQ/h750/life-doesnt-require-ideals-it-requires-standards-of-action.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Life doesn’t require ideals. It requires standards of action.
![Some things in life are too complicated to explain in any language.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-pUmh-j8uFpE/X1t70uoqyVI/AAAAAAAAJRI/_r8JZey9ROwqJsK9-2th9Ij3cpZ09JPlACLcBGAsYHQ/h750/some-things-in-life-are-too-complicated-to-explain-in-any-language.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Some things in life are too complicated to explain in any language.
![It’s easy to forget things you don’t need anymore.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-S6E9CFvYbCo/X1tvpQWpH3I/AAAAAAAAH58/vfEHSCVYEg0fzacpCVB3Q6Ki5aRacliCwCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/its-easy-to-forget-things-you-dont-need-anymore.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)