The house kept its own time, like the old-fashioned grandfather clock in the living room. People who happened by raised the weights,… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“I wake up, but where? I don't just think this, I actually voice the question to myself: "Where am I?" As if… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
I am struck by how, except when you're young, you really need to prioritize in life, figuring out in what order you… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“My life is like a trunk stuffed with dirty laundry. It contains more than enough material to drive any one human being… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
I bet the reason people are afraid of going bald is because it makes them think of the end of life. I… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
My very existence, my life in the world, seemed like a hallucination. A strong wind would make me think my body was… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
I lost some of my friends because I got so famous, people who just assumed that I would be different now. I… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“I think it was the right move, but if I can be allowed a mediocre generalization, don't pointless things have a place,… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“I think of human existence as being like a two-story house. On the first floor people gather together to take their meals,… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“No sooner had one season slipped out the door than the next came in by another door. A person might scramble to… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“I tried hard to forget, but there remained inside me a vague knot of air. And as time went by, the knot… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“Because memory and sensations are so uncertain, so biased, we always rely on a certain reality-call it an alternate reality-to prove the… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“You know what I think?" she says. "That people's memories are maybe the fuel they burn to stay alive. Whether those memories… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“My husband and I see each other only on weekends, and generally get along well. We're like good friends, life partners able… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
Memory is like fiction; or else it's fiction that's like memory. This really came home to me once I started writing fiction,… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“On the whole, I think of myself as one of those people who take a convenience-sake view of prevailing world conditions, events,… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“The end of the race is just a temporary marker without much significance. It’s the same with our lives. Just because there’s… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
In real life things don’t go so smoothly. At certain points in our lives, when we really need a clear-cut solution, the… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
Reality's just the accumulation of ominous prophecies come to life. All you have to do is open a newspaper on any given… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
As long as possible, I would really like to complete one marathon per year. Though my time has been slowing down as… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
That's the kind of death that frightens me. The shadow of death slowly, slowly eats away at the region of life, and… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“There are all kinds of things we have to deal with in life,” Eri finally said. “And one thing always seems to… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
Everything has boundaries. The same holds true with thought. You shouldn't fear boundaries, but you should not be afraid of destroying them.… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
He was silent for thirty seconds, maybe a minute. I uncrossed my legs under the table and wondered if this was the… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
A man is like a two-story house. The first floor is equipped with an entrance and a living room. On the second… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“No creas que estoy enfadada contigo. Sólo estoy triste. Por que tú has sido muy amable conmigo, y, a cambio, no he… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“Listen, every object's in flux. The Earth, time, concepts, love, life, faith, justice, evil--they're all fluid and in transition. They don't stay… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“Things like that happen all the time in this great big world of ours. It is like taking a boat out on… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
From the girl who sat before me now...surged a fresh and physical life force. She was like a small animal that has… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
You are a beautiful person, Doctor. Clearheaded. Strong. But you seem always to be dragging your heart along the ground. From now… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“It doesn't matter what form she takes - a living spirit, an illusion - but you have to see her, have to… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“For instance, supposing that the planet earth were not a sphere but a gigantic coffee table, how much difference in everyday life… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“Here's what I think, Mr. Wind-Up Bird," said May Kasahara. "Everybody's born with some different thing at the core of their existence.… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
In any case, suffice it to say I enjoyed hearing about faraway places. I had stocked up a whole store of these… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“People sometimes sneer at those who run every day, claiming they’ll go to any length to live longer. But I don’t think… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“I was born by the sea," I said. "I'd go to the beach the morning after a typhoon and find all sorts… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
They take the circuits out of people’s brains that make it possible for them to think for themselves. Their world is like… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“So my new, simple, and regular life began. I got up before five a.m. and went to bed before ten p.m. People… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“At a certain point in our lives, when we really need a clear-cut solution, the person who knocks at our door is,… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“Once you pass a certain age, life becomes nothing more than a process of continual loss. Things that are important to your… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
I always feel like I'm struggling to become someone else. Like I'm trying to find a new place, grab hold of a new life,… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share
If writing novels is like planting a forest, then writing short stories is more like planting a garden. — Haruki Murakami Copy Share
“The sad truth is that what I could recall in five seconds all too soon needed ten, then thirty, thena full minute...” — Haruki Murakami Copy Share
“Intelligent teenage girls were often instinctively theatrical, purposely eccentric, mouthing highly suggestive words to confuse people.” — Haruki Murakami Copy Share
Memory is like fiction; or else it's fiction that's like memory. This really came home to me once I started writing fiction, that memory… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share
The most dangerous creature here would have to be me. So maybe I'm just scared of my own shadow. — Haruki Murakami Copy Share
If you listen to the radio for a whole hour there's maybe one decent song. The rest is mass-produced garbage — Haruki Murakami Copy Share
“that one of our problems was our inability to recognize and accept our own deformities” — Haruki Murakami Copy Share
“When I look back at myself at age twenty, what I remember most is being alone and lonely. I had no girlfriend to warm… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share
“There's not a branch of publishing or broadcasting that doesn't depend in some way on advertising. It'd be like an aquarium without water. Why,… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share
“One by one, I'll face the tasks before me and complete them as best I can. Focusing on each stride forward, but at the… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share
“Eleven o'clock had come and gone. I had to find a way to bring this conversation to a successful conclusion and get out of… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share
“Some people get a kick out of reading railway timetables and that's all they do all day. Some people make huge model boats out… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share
“When the time comes, everybody’s got to end up where they belong. Only me, I didn’t have a place to call my own. It’s… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share
“You let something out of the bag before yourself knew what it was all about” — Haruki Murakami Copy Share
