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Sadness

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This quotation examines the core nature of Sadness as articulated by Haruki Murakami. Within historical and literary traditions, reflections on Sadness provide actionable mental models, challenging individuals to evaluate personal ethics, self-discipline, and daily actions.

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About Haruki Murakami

Haruki Murakami is a Japanese writer. His novels, essays, and short stories have been best-sellers in Japan and internationally, with his work translated into 50 languages and having sold millions of copies outside Japan. He has received numerous awards for his work, including the Gunzo Prize for New Writers, the World Fantasy Award, the Tanizaki Prize, Yomiuri Prize for Literature, the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award, the Noma Literary Prize, the Franz Kafka Prize, the Kiriyama Prize for Fiction, the Goodreads Choice Awards for Best Fiction, the Jerusalem Prize, and the Princess of Asturias Awards.

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"Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we call a man cold when he is only sad."

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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"I cry very easily. It can be a movie, a phone conversation, a sunset - tears are words waiting to be written."

— Paulo Coelho
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"When I design and wonder what the point is, I think of someone having a bad time in their life. Maybe they are sad and they wake up and put on something I have made and it makes them feel just a bit better. So, in that sense, fashion is a little help in the life of a person. But only a little."

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"The day Dick Cheney is going to run for president, I'll kill myself. All we need is another liar... I think he'd like to run, but it would be a sad day for the country if he does."

— Helen Thomas
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