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18 selected sentences from Haruki Murakami's "When I Talk About Running, What Do I Talk About"

Compared with doing something with someone, I prefer reading alone in silence or listening to music with all my concentration. I can think of many things that only one person can do.

2

Others may be able to prevaricate, but my own soul cannot muddle through. If you violate your own principles even once, you will violate more principles in the future.

3

Running has become a pillar of my daily life. As long as I run, I feel happy. Among my many habits, running is the most beneficial.

4

When I feel like “I don’t want to run today”, I often ask myself this question: You generally live as a novelist, and you can stay alone when you like. When you work from home, you don’t have to get up early and come home late to suffer in crowded trains, and you don’t have to attend boring meetings. Isn’t this a very lucky thing? Compared with it, isn’t it just running around for an hour, what’s the big deal?

5

I surpassed myself yesterday , even just a little bit, is more important. In long-distance running, if there is an opponent you must defeat, it is your past self.

6

Forcing me to do things I don’t like at times I don’t like, I haven’t been able to stand this since I was a child. On the contrary, if it is something I want to do, I can do it as much as I want at the time I want, and I will do it harder than others.

7

When I am criticized for no reason, or when I feel that I can be accepted by others but it backfires, I always run further than usual and let my body be more. I need to consume some of my energy so that I can re-recognize myself as a weak human being with limited abilities. Moreover, running a longer distance than usual means that he has strengthened his body, even just a little bit.

8

If I stop running when I am busy, I will never be able to run in my life. There are only a few reasons to keep running, but enough reasons to stop running to fill a large truck.

9

If you are angry, just direct that anger at yourself. If you feel upset, just use that upset to temper yourself.

10

Anything worth doing is worth doing or even overdoing.

11

Life is basically unfair. There is no doubt about this. Even in a place of injustice, I think it is possible to pursue some kind of justice.

12

I ran endlessly in the small and exquisite blank space I made and in the nostalgic silence. This is a very satisfying thing, why should you care what others say?

13

No matter how old you are, as long as you are alive, you will have new discoveries about yourself.

14

Whether it is good grades, ranking, appearance, or other people’s comments, these are just secondary issues. The most important thing is to run through each finish line with both feet, so that I have no regrets: I have tried my best and endured everything I should endure. Keep learning from those failures and joys.

15

To deal with unhealthy things, people must try to be as healthy as possible. This is my proposition. It is even said that even an unhealthy soul needs a healthy body. This statement is somewhat contradictory, but it is my deep feeling since I became a professional novelist.

16

Somerset Maugham wrote: "Every razor has its own philosophy." It means that no matter how trivial the action is, as long as the day passes, Persistence will always produce something similar to a concept.

17

The desire to be alone always remains in my heart. So running for an hour a day to ensure my own silent time has become a lesson of great significance to my mental health. At least you don't have to talk to anyone or listen to anyone while running, just look at the scenery around you and gaze at yourself. This is a precious moment that nothing can replace.

18

As I grow older and experience all kinds of mistakes, I pick up what should be picked up and throw away what should be thrown away. Only then do I have this understanding: "Shortcomings" And defects, if you count them one by one, there will be no end.

But there are definitely some advantages. We can only face the world with what we have on hand.