Dream Quotes by Haruki Murakami

“In dreams lie responsibilities.”

— Haruki Murakami

I dream. Sometimes I think that's the only right thing to do.

— Haruki Murakami

“Writing a novel is like having a dream.”

— Haruki Murakami

When it's all over, it'll seem like a dream.

— Haruki Murakami

In dreams begins responsiblities.

— Haruki Murakami

“In dreams begin responsibilities. ~page 132”

— Haruki Murakami

“Dreams are the kind of things you can borrow and lend out.”

— Haruki Murakami

I often dream about the Dolphin Hotel.

— Haruki Murakami

“I don't dream. Come to think of it, i haven't had any dreams in a long time.”

— Haruki Murakami

The answer is dreams. Dreaming on and on. Entering the world of dreams and never coming out. Living in dreams for the…

— Haruki Murakami

Unclose your mind. You are not a prisoner. You are a bird in flight, searching the skies for dreams.

— Haruki Murakami

I want to write about people who dream and wait for the night to end, who long for the light so they…

— Haruki Murakami

I dream. Sometimes I think that's the only right thing to doI dream. Sometimes I think that's the only right thing to…

— Haruki Murakami

“It is all a question of imagination. Our responsibility begins with the power to Imagine. In dreams begin responsibilities.”

— Haruki Murakami

People with dark souls have nothing but dark dreams. People with really dark souls do nothing but dream.

— Haruki Murakami

“There are symbolic dreams-dreams that symbolize some reality. Then there are symbolic realities-realities that symbolize a dream”

— Haruki Murakami

“Unsure how to answer, I took another grape. Time was no problem for me, but I wasn't eager to hear the long…

— Haruki Murakami

“People can generally be classified into two groups: the mediocre realists and the mediocre dreamers. You clearly belong to the latter. Your…

— Haruki Murakami

It's just like Yeats said. In dreams begin responsibilities. Flip this around and you could say that where there's no power to…

— Haruki Murakami

They put up with such strenuous training, and where did their thoughts, their hopes and dreams, disappear to? When people pass away,…

— Haruki Murakami

If I stayed here, something inside me would be lost forever—something I couldn't afford to lose. It was like a vague dream,…

— Haruki Murakami

Don't tell me anymore. You should have your dream, as the old woman told you to. I understand how you feel, but…

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

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I dream. Sometimes I think that’s the only right thing to do. To dream, to live in the world of dreams. But…

— Haruki Murakami

The good thing about writing books is that you can dream while you are awake. If it’s a real dream, you cannot…

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There are symbolic dreams-- dreams that symbolize some reality. Then there are symbolic realities -- realities that symbolize a dream. Symbols are…

— Haruki Murakami

Most people dream a dream when they are asleep. But to be a writer, you have to dream while you are awake,…

— Haruki Murakami

As a novelist, you could say that I am dreaming while I am awake, and every day I can continue with yesterday's…

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Symbolism and meaning are two separate things. I think she found the right words by bypassing procedures like meaning and logic. She…

— Haruki Murakami

I want to write stories that are different from the ones I've written so far, Junpei thought: I want to write about…

— Haruki Murakami

“Well, finally, once you become an orphan, you're an orphan till the day you die. I keep having the same dream. I'm…

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“The third dream was hard to put into words. It was a rambling, incoherent dream without any setting. All that was there…

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“A question. So what are people supposed to do if they want to avoid a collision (thud!) but still lie in the…

— Haruki Murakami

“Since the library has just opened for the day, there's no one else there and I have the elegant reading room all…

— Haruki Murakami

“I close my eyes and take a deep breath, and like a gentle cloud the wonder of it all settles over me.…

— Haruki Murakami

“Dreams are the kind of things you can—when you need to—borrow and lend out,”

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“The Earth slowly keeps on turning. But beyond any of those details of the real, there are dreams. And everyone's living in…

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“Am I happy? All I can say is I guess so. That's pretty much the way it is with dreams.”

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Dreams come from the past, not from the future. Dreams shouldn't control you--you should control them.

— Haruki Murakami

“That is dreamreading. As the birds leave south or north in their season, the Dreamreader has dreams to read.”

— Haruki Murakami