Body Quotes by Haruki Murakami

As long as I kept my body moving I could forget about the emptiness inside.

— Haruki Murakami

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

— Haruki Murakami

“Let your body work until it is spent, but keep your mind for yourself.”

— Haruki Murakami

An unhealthy soul requires a healthy body.

— Haruki Murakami

I think most people live in fiction...That's how you keep your fragile body intact.

— Haruki Murakami

Death is not the opposite of life, but a part of it.

— Haruki Murakami

I didn't feel like I was in my own body; my body was just a lonely, temporary container I happened to be…

— Haruki Murakami

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

— 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

“The body is not the only target of rape. Violence does not always take visible form, and not all wounds gush blood.”

— 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

What would tomorrow bring? I wondered. Both hands on the wheel, I closed my eyes. I didn’t feel like I was in…

— 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

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

— Haruki Murakami

“I have looked deep inside myself, trying to detect something that might be there. But just as our consciousness is a maze,…

— Haruki Murakami

Now and then may not be enough…You have to enjoy it while you’re still young. enjoy it to the fullest. You can…

— Haruki Murakami

That’s what love’s all about. You’re the only one having those wonderful feelings, but you have to go it alone as you…

— Haruki Murakami

My very existence, my life in the world, seemed like a hallucination. A strong wind would make me think my body was…

— Haruki Murakami

“Samsa looked down in dismay at his naked body. How ill-formed it was! Worse than ill-formed. It possessed no means of self-defense.…

— Haruki Murakami

Holding this soft, small living creature in my lap this way, though, and seeing how it slept with complete trust in me,…

— Haruki Murakami

Sometimes I find it too hot to run, and sometimes too cold. Or too cloudy. But I still go running. I know…

— Haruki Murakami

I wasn't in love with her. And she didn't love me. For me the question of love was irrelevant. What I sought…

— Haruki Murakami

Has the dark shadow really disappeared? Or is it inside me, concealed, waiting for its chance to reappear? Like a clever thief…

— Haruki Murakami

I read Naoko's letter again and again, and each time I read it I would be filled with the same unbearable sadness…

— Haruki Murakami

There were plenty of women around who dressed smartly, and plenty more who dressed to impress, but this girl was different. Totally…

— Haruki Murakami

These days I just can't seem to say what I mean [...]. I just can't. Every time I try to say something,…

— Haruki Murakami

So once you're dead there's just nothing? Mari: Basically... Korogi: I get so scared when I start thinking about this stuff. I…

— Haruki Murakami

Tell me how you could say such a thing, she said, staring down at the ground beneath her feet. You're not telling…

— Haruki Murakami

What do you mean, 'playing really creatively'? Can you give me an example?" "Hmm, let's see ... you send the music deep…

— Haruki Murakami

Oshima's silent for a time as he gazes at the forest, eyes narrowed. Birds are flitting from one branch to the next.…

— Haruki Murakami