Able Quotes by Haruki Murakami

To be able to talk to your heart’s content about a book you like with someone who feels the same way about…

— Haruki Murakami

She's letting out her feelings. The scary thing is not being able to do that. When your feelings build up and harden…

— Haruki Murakami

Ever since that happened to me, I haven't been able to give myself to anyone in this world.

— Haruki Murakami

But if you knew you might not be able to see it again tomorrow, everything would suddenly become special and precious, wouldn’t…

— Haruki Murakami

To be able to grasp something of value, sometimes you have to perform seemingly inefficient acts.

— Haruki Murakami

If there’s something I can’t do but want to, I won’t relax until I’m able to do it.

— Haruki Murakami

The better you were able to imagine what you wanted to imagine, the farther you could flee from reality.

— Haruki Murakami

I never could stand being forced to do something I didn't want to do at a time I didn't want to do…

— Haruki Murakami

“The strength I'm looking for isn't the type where you win or lose. I'm not after a wall that'll repel power coming…

— Haruki Murakami

When I was a teenager, I thought how great it would be if only I could write novels in English. I had…

— Haruki Murakami

How wonderful it is to be able to write someone a letter! To feel like conveying your thoughts to a person, to…

— Haruki Murakami

I am 55 years old now. It takes three years to write one book. I don't know how many books I will…

— Haruki Murakami

Each individual has their own unique color, which shines faintly around the contours of their body. Like a halo. Or a backlight.…

— Haruki Murakami

He felt as if his heart had dried up. I needed her he thought. I needed someone like her to fill the…

— Haruki Murakami

I closed my eyes and tried to sleep. But it was not until much later that I was able to get any…

— Haruki Murakami

You are a beautiful person, Doctor. Clearheaded. Strong. But you seem always to be dragging your heart along the ground. From now…

— Haruki Murakami

Adults constantly raise the bar on smart children, precisely because they're able to handle it. The children get overwhelmed by the tasks…

— Haruki Murakami

sometimes i'd wake up at two or three in the morning and not be able to fall asleep again. i'd get out…

— Haruki Murakami

Don’t you see? You and he might never cross paths again. Of course, a chance meeting could occur, and I hope it…

— Haruki Murakami

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

— Haruki Murakami

I don't want our relationship to end like this. You're one of the very few friends I have, and it hurts not…

— Haruki Murakami

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

— Haruki Murakami

He appeared before me and departed. We were not able to speak to or touch each other. But in that short interval,…

— Haruki Murakami

But this thing, whatever it was, this mistlike something, hung there inside my body like a certain kind of potential. I wanted…

— Haruki Murakami