--- title: "1 Confessions Quotes By Ryu Murakami" description: "1 Confessions quotes by Ryu Murakami. Plus more from Ryu Murakami and more Confessions sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/92e/ryu-murakami-8219_confessions_who-knew-there-were-still-people-like-th_703048.png" --- > [“Who knew there were still people like that in this world, though? Everybody wants to talk about themselves, and everybody wants to hear everybody else's story, so we take turns playing reporter and celebrity. 'It must have made you very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ryu-murakami/who-knew-there-were-still-people-like-that-in-this-world-though/) [Ryu Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ryu-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/92e/ryu-murakami-8219_confessions_who-knew-there-were-still-people-like-th_703048.png) ## More by Ryu Murakami > [“People who love horror films are people with boring lives... when a really scary movie is over, you're reassured to see that you're still…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ryu-murakami/people-who-love-horror-films-are-people-with-boring-lives-when-a/) [Ryu Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ryu-murakami/) > [“Even when you're talking to them face to face you have this feeling of not connecting, as if the words just pass through them.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ryu-murakami/even-when-you-re-talking-to-them-face-to-face-you-have-this-feeling/) [Ryū Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ryu-murakami/) > [“Of course, I'm not sure there is such a thing as a real self. You could ransack your innards looking for the real you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ryu-murakami/of-course-i-m-not-sure-there-is-such-a-thing-as-a-real-self-you-could/) [Ryū Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ryu-murakami/) > [“The feeling that the world was at my feet and the feeling that I alone was cut off from the world, the sense of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ryu-murakami/the-feeling-that-the-world-was-at-my-feet-and-the-feeling-that-i/) [Ryū Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ryu-murakami/) > [“Everybody wants to talk about themselves, and everybody wants to hear everybody else's story, so we take turns playing reporter and celebrity.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ryu-murakami/everybody-wants-to-talk-about-themselves-and-everybody-wants-to-hear/) [Ryu Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ryu-murakami/) > [“Only time can heal wounds as deep as that—a lot of time—and all you can really do is place yourself in its hands and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ryu-murakami/only-time-can-heal-wounds-as-deep-as-that-a-lot-of-time-and-all-you/) [Ryū Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ryu-murakami/) > [“What these young men feared and hated more than anything else was being spoken to by people they hadn't met, or having to explain…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ryu-murakami/what-these-young-men-feared-and-hated-more-than-anything-else-was/) [Ryū Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ryu-murakami/) > [“There in that pool stained with green blood, he had learned two things: one was that all the pain stopped when you stopped fighting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ryu-murakami/there-in-that-pool-stained-with-green-blood-he-had-learned-two-things/) [Ryū Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ryu-murakami/) > [“The song was the late Ishihara Yujiro’s “Rusty Knife,” and Sakaguchi’s singing was so bad that it gave the lyric a strange new pathos…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ryu-murakami/the-song-was-the-late-ishihara-yujiro-s-rusty-knife-and-sakaguchi-s/) [Ryū Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ryu-murakami/) > [“But for all we’ve lost, hope is in fact one thing we Japanese have regained. The great earthquake and tsunami have robbed us of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ryu-murakami/but-for-all-we-ve-lost-hope-is-in-fact-one-thing-we-japanese-have/) [Ryū Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ryu-murakami/) > [“Yeah, he'd said, maybe it's just my idea, but really it always hurts, the times it don't hurt is when we just forget, we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ryu-murakami/yeah-he-d-said-maybe-it-s-just-my-idea-but-really-it-always-hurts-the/) [Ryū Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ryu-murakami/) > [“A person without self-confidence is incapable of being independent, and people who are dependent on their partners always create unhappiness. Always.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ryu-murakami/a-person-without-self-confidence-is-incapable-of-being-independent/) [Ryū Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ryu-murakami/) > [“We sat side by side on the swings. The creaking sound they made seemed sexier to me than a Jimi Hendrix guitar solo.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ryu-murakami/we-sat-side-by-side-on-the-swings-the-creaking-sound-they-made-seemed/) [Ryū Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ryu-murakami/) > [“Who hasn't wanted to die at one time or another?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ryu-murakami/who-hasn-t-wanted-to-die-at-one-time-or-another/) [Ryū Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ryu-murakami/) > [“Yeah. He wants to be a…what do you call those guys?” “A sommelier?” “Right. Said he wanted to see your collection.” “At fifteen he’s…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ryu-murakami/yeah-he-wants-to-be-a-what-do-you-call-those-guys-a-sommelier-right/) [Ryū Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ryu-murakami/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/confessions/ryu-murakami/#itemlist", "name": "1 Confessions Quotes By Ryu Murakami", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Who knew there were still people like that in this world, though? Everybody wants to talk about themselves, and everybody wants to hear everybody else's story, so we take turns playing reporter and celebrity. 'It must have made you very sad when your own father raped you - can you describe some of your feelings at the time? Yes, I wept and wept, wonder why something like this had to happen to me'. It's like that. 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