--- title: "7 Chasing Quotes By Haruki Murakami" description: "7 Chasing quotes by Haruki Murakami. Plus more from Haruki Murakami and more Chasing sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b93/haruki-murakami-21_chasing_what-i-was-chasing-in-circles-must-have_115229.jpg" --- > [What I was chasing in circles must have been the tail of the darkness inside me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/what-i-was-chasing-in-circles-must-have-been-the-tail-of-the-darkness/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b93/haruki-murakami-21_chasing_what-i-was-chasing-in-circles-must-have_115229.jpg) > [I can never say what I want to say, it's been like this for a while now. I try to say something…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/i-can-never-say-what-i-want-to-say-it-s-been-like-this-for-a-while/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d2c/haruki-murakami-21_bigs_i-can-never-say-what-i-want-to-say-it-s_843785.jpg) > [“What was I hoping to gain from this?...Was I trying to confirm the ties that make it possible for me to exist…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/what-was-i-hoping-to-gain-from-this-was-i-trying-to-confirm-the-ties/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/482/haruki-murakami-21_all-gods-children-ca_what-was-i-hoping-to-gain-from-this-was_1130041.jpg) > [I’m not good at talking,” Naoko said. “Haven’t been for the longest while. I start to say something and the wrong words…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/i-m-not-good-at-talking-naoko-said-haven-t-been-for-the-longest-while/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e88/haruki-murakami-21_bigs_i-m-not-good-at-talking-naoko-said-haven_1177627.jpg) > [ These days I just can't seem to say what I mean \[...\]. I just can't. Every time I try to say something,… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/these-days-i-just-can-t-seem-to-say-what-i-mean-i-just-can-t-every/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d91/haruki-murakami-21_bigs_these-days-i-just-can-t-seem-to-say-what_1860898.jpg) > [“What was I hoping to gain from this? he asked himself as he strode ahead. Was I trying to confirm the ties…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/what-was-i-hoping-to-gain-from-this-he-asked-himself-as-he-strode/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ab/haruki-murakami-21_all-god-s-children-c_what-was-i-hoping-to-gain-from-this-he-a_2211744.jpg) > [“The world’s crawling with stupid, innocent girls, and I’m just one of them, self-consciously chasing after dreams that will never come true.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/the-world-s-crawling-with-stupid-innocent-girls-and-i-m-just-one-of-2/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/634/haruki-murakami-21_chasing_the-world-s-crawling-with-stupid-innocen_3035921.jpg) ## Other authors on Chasing ## More by Haruki Murakami > [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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/i-always-feel-like-i-m-struggling-to-become-someone-else-like-i-m/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) > [If writing novels is like planting a forest, then writing short stories is more like planting a garden.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/if-writing-novels-is-like-planting-a-forest-then-writing-short/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) > [“The sad truth is that what I could recall in five seconds all too soon needed ten, then thirty, thena full minute...”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/the-sad-truth-is-that-what-i-could-recall-in-five-seconds-all-too/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) > [“Intelligent teenage girls were often instinctively theatrical, purposely eccentric, mouthing highly suggestive words to confuse people.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/intelligent-teenage-girls-were-often-instinctively-theatrical/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/memory-is-like-fiction-or-else-it-s-fiction-that-s-like-memory-this/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) > [The most dangerous creature here would have to be me. So maybe I'm just scared of my own shadow.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/the-most-dangerous-creature-here-would-have-to-be-me-so-maybe-i-m/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) > [If you listen to the radio for a whole hour there's maybe one decent song. The rest is mass-produced garbage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/if-you-listen-to-the-radio-for-a-whole-hour-there-s-maybe-one-decent/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) > [“that one of our problems was our inability to recognize and accept our own deformities”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/that-one-of-our-problems-was-our-inability-to-recognize-and-accept/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) > [“When I look back at myself at age twenty, what I remember most is being alone and lonely. I had no girlfriend to warm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/when-i-look-back-at-myself-at-age-twenty-what-i-remember-most-is/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) > [“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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/there-s-not-a-branch-of-publishing-or-broadcasting-that-doesn-t/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/one-by-one-i-ll-face-the-tasks-before-me-and-complete-them-as-best-i/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/eleven-o-clock-had-come-and-gone-i-had-to-find-a-way-to-bring-this/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/some-people-get-a-kick-out-of-reading-railway-timetables-and-that-s/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/when-the-time-comes-everybody-s-got-to-end-up-where-they-belong-only/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) > [“You let something out of the bag before yourself knew what it was all about”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/you-let-something-out-of-the-bag-before-yourself-knew-what-it-was-all/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/chasing/haruki-murakami/#itemlist", "name": "7 Chasing Quotes By Haruki Murakami", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "What I was chasing in circles must have been the tail of the darkness inside me.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Haruki Murakami" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/what-i-was-chasing-in-circles-must-have-been-the-tail-of-the-darkness/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b93/haruki-murakami-21_chasing_what-i-was-chasing-in-circles-must-have_115229.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b93/haruki-murakami-21_chasing_what-i-was-chasing-in-circles-must-have_115229.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b93/haruki-murakami-21_chasing_what-i-was-chasing-in-circles-must-have_115229.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“What I was chasing in circles must have been the tail of the darkness inside me.” — Haruki Murakami", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I can never say what I want to say, it's been like this for a while now. 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