Darkness Quotes by Haruki Murakami

“The world of the grotesque is the darkness within us.”

— Haruki Murakami

“In the darkness, I returned to that small world of hers.”

— Haruki Murakami

What I was chasing in circles must have been the tail of the darkness inside me.

— Haruki Murakami

“For darkness terrifies. It swallows you, warps you, nullifies you. Who alive can possibly profess confidence in darkness? In the dark, you…

— Haruki Murakami

Never let the darkness or negativity outside affect your inner self. Just wait until morning comes and the bright light will drown…

— Haruki Murakami

Things can be seen better in the darkness," he said, as if he had just seen into her mind. "But the longer…

— Haruki Murakami

“Lonely metal souls in the unimpeded darkness of space, they meet, pass each other, and part, never to meet again. No words…

— Haruki Murakami

“But Nakata wasn’t afraid of the darkness or how deep it was. And why should he be? That bottomless world of darkness,…

— Haruki Murakami

It is a lonely life sometimes, like throwing a stone into the deep darkness. It might hit something, but you can’t see…

— Haruki Murakami

“Of course, she must be sleeping, sleeping deeply, wrapped in the darkness of that strange little world of hers.”

— Haruki Murakami

It's like the Tibetan Wheel of the Passions. As the wheel turns, the values and feelings on the outer rim rise and…

— Haruki Murakami

People have their own reasons for dying. It might look simple, but it never is. It's just like a rock. What's above…

— Haruki Murakami

The point is, not to resist the flow. You go up when you're supposed to go up and down when you're supposed…

— Haruki Murakami

And as the years have passed, the time has grown longer. The sad truth is that what I could recall in five…

— Haruki Murakami

“It might look simple, but it never is. It's just like a root. What's above ground is only a small part of…

— Haruki Murakami

Even so, there were times I saw freshness and beauty. I could smell the air, and I really loved rock 'n' roll.…

— Haruki Murakami

“What I mean to say is probably something like this: any single human being, no matter what kind of person he or…

— Haruki Murakami

“It was not one of those strong, impulsive feelings that can hit two people like an electric shock when they first meet,…

— Haruki Murakami

On any given day, something claims our attention. Anything at all, inconsequential things. A rosebud, a misplaced hat, that sweater we liked…

— Haruki Murakami

“What was I hoping to gain from this?...Was I trying to confirm the ties that make it possible for me to exist…

— Haruki Murakami

“The world of the grotesque is the darkness within us. Well before Freud and Jung shined a light on the workings of…

— Haruki Murakami

“It doesn't matter what form she takes - a living spirit, an illusion - but you have to see her, have to…

— 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

“The sad truth is that what I could recall in five seconds all too soon needed ten, then thirty, then a full…

— Haruki Murakami

“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

Kumiko and I felt something for each other from the beginning. It was not one of those strong, impulsive feelings that can…

— Haruki Murakami

“What was I hoping to gain from this? he asked himself as he strode ahead. Was I trying to confirm the ties…

— Haruki Murakami

“Nakata let his body relax, switched off his mind, allowing things to flow through him. This was natural for him, something he'd…

— Haruki Murakami

“The world of the grotesque is the darkness within us. Well before Freud and Jung shined a light on the workings of…

— Haruki Murakami

“I do need that time, though, for Naoko's face to appear. And as the years have passed, the time has grown longer.…

— Haruki Murakami

“Naoko stayed frozen in place, like a small nocturnal animal that has been lured out by the moonlight. The direction of the…

— Haruki Murakami

“The law presides over things of this world, finally. The world where shadow is shadow and light is light, yin is yin…

— Haruki Murakami

“Seeming utterly fragile and vulnerable, the silhouette pulsed almost imperceptibly with the beating of her heart or the motions of her inner…

— Haruki Murakami

Inside that darkness, i saw rain falling on the sea. Rain softly falling on a vast sea, with no one there to…

— Haruki Murakami

“The further we traveled in the darkness, the more I began to feel estranged from my body. I couldn't see it, and…

— Haruki Murakami

“The ground we stand on seems solid enough, but if soemthing happens it can drop right out from under you. And once…

— Haruki Murakami

A certain kind of shittiness, a certain kind of stagnation, a certain kind of darkness, goes on propagating itself by its own…

— Haruki Murakami

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

Like you're riding a train at night across some vast plain, and you catch a glimpse of a tiny light in a…

— Haruki Murakami

“Time. Particles of darkness configured mysterious patterns on my retina. Patterns that degenerated without a sound, only to be replaced by new…

— Haruki Murakami