Heart Quotes by Haruki Murakami

Time expands, then contracts, all in tune with the stirrings of the heart.

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“To conserve energy, her little planet stopped spinning.”

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I'm a coward when it comes to matters of the heart. That is my fatal flaw.

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His heart, like mine, was ticking off the time allotted to his small restless body.

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The faintest gleam of their lost memories glimmered for the briefest moment in their hearts.

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There is nothing in this world that never takes a step outside a person's heart.

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And her sleep was too long and deep for that:so deep that she left her normal reality behind.

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Everytime you see a flood like that on the news you tell yourself: That's it. That's my heart.

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The things she most wanted to tell him would lose their meaning the moment she put them into words.

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“No, her secret was too weighty and dark to reveal to anyone—she had to bear it alone. — “I had to keep…

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The journey I'm taking is inside me. Just like blood travels down veins, what I'm seeing is my inner self and what…

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Such wounds to the heart will probably never heal. But we cannot simply sit and stare at our wounds forever.

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Somewhere in his body--perhaps in the marrow of his bones--he would continue to feel her absence.

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If you can love someone with your whole heart, even one person, then there's salvation in life. Even if you can't get…

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sometimes I think I've got this hard kernel in my heart, and nothing much can get inside it. I doubt if I…

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“Aomame tried her best to keep her mind clear of any thoughts, but it was impossible not to think of anything. Nature…

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“He wished he could be with her longer, spend more time with her, have a good, leisurely talk. But she had her…

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Listening to the music while stretching her body close to its limit, she was able to attain a mysterious calm. She was…

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What’s most important is what you can’t see but can feel in your heart. To be able to grasp something of value,…

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A strange, terrific force unlike anything I've ever experienced is sprouting in my heart, taking root there, growing. Shut up behind my…

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“Fuka-Eri started to offer an opinion on the matter but then had second thoughts and stopped. Her opinion, unvoiced, snack back into…

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Then when dusk began to settle he would retrace his steps, back to his own world. And on the way home, a…

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She curled up and pressed her cheek against his chest. Her ear was right above his heart. She was listening to his…

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my heart would swell without warning, and tremble, and lurch with a stab of pain. I would try clamping my eyes shut…

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Lost opportunities, lost possibilities, feelings we can never get back. That's part of what it means to be alive. But inside our…

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On any given day, something claims our attention. Anything at all, inconsequential things. A rosebud, a misplaced hat, that sweater we liked…

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I wonder how it turns out that we all lead such different lives. Take you and your sister, for example. You're born…

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“Listen to this, Nimit. Follow Coleman Hawkins' improvised lines very carefully. He is using them to tell us something. Pay very close…

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I stare at her chest. As she breathes, the rounded peaks move up and down like the swell of waves, somehow reminding…

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In certain areas of my life, I actively seek out solitude. Especially for someone in my line of work, solitude is, more…

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“Every one of us is losing something precious to us... Lost opportunities, lost possibilities, feelings we can never get back again. That's…

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Not just beautiful, though — the stars are like the trees in the forest, alive and breathing. And they’re watching me. What…

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Everyone, deep in their hearts, is waiting for the end of the world to come.

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Until the bitter end, the emptiness inside her was hers alone.

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“The heart apparently doesn’t stop that easily.”

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“No matter how empty it may be, this is still my heart.”

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What happens when people open their hearts?"... "They get better.

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Kids' hearts are malleable, but once they gel it's hard to get them back the way they were.

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Whether it's good for anything or not, cool or totally uncool, in the final analysis what's most important is what you can't…

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“Telling people her name was always a bother. As soon as the name left her lips, the other person looked puzzled or…

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