# Haruki Murakami: on Pain and Suffering

<quote>
Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional
</quote>

a [quote](http://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/2475030-hashiru-koto-ni-tsuite-kataru-toki-ni-boku-no-katar) from the book **What I Talk About When I Talk About Running**, (2008)

Note that Murakami may have been borrowing from an earlier writer; further discussion [here](http://fakebuddhaquotes.com/pain-is-inevitable-suffering-is-optional/) will send you down the rabbit hole.
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