--- title: "13 Dying Quotes By Haruki Murakami" description: "13 Dying quotes by Haruki Murakami. Plus more from Haruki Murakami and more Dying sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e8/haruki-murakami-21_afraid_i-wasn-t-particularly-afraid-of-death-it_3104614.jpg" --- > [I wasn't particularly afraid of death itself. As Shakespeare said, die this year and you don't have to die the next.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/i-wasn-t-particularly-afraid-of-death-itself-as-shakespeare-said-die/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e8/haruki-murakami-21_afraid_i-wasn-t-particularly-afraid-of-death-it_3104614.jpg) > [I'm not afraid to die. What I'm afraid of is having reality get the better of me, of having reality leave me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/i-m-not-afraid-to-die-what-i-m-afraid-of-is-having-reality-get-the/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/866/haruki-murakami-21_behinds_i-m-not-afraid-to-die-what-i-m-afraid-of_2027997.jpg) > [There are ways of dying that don't end in funerals. Types of death you can't smell.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/there-are-ways-of-dying-that-don-t-end-in-funerals-types-of-death-you/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/96c/haruki-murakami-21_death_there-are-ways-of-dying-that-don-t-end-i_2842209.jpg) > [I was dying. Like all the other people who live in this world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/i-was-dying-like-all-the-other-people-who-live-in-this-world/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f0/haruki-murakami-21_death_i-was-dying-like-all-the-other-people-wh_2772853.jpg) > [“Aren't you afraid of dying? Not really. I've watched lots of good-for-nothing, worthless people die, and if people like that can do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/aren-t-you-afraid-of-dying-not-really-i-ve-watched-lots-of-good-for/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da1/haruki-murakami-21_afraid_aren-t-you-afraid-of-dying-not-really-i_370829.jpg) > [When death claim me, no doubt I would walk along by that faint light in the brief instant before being flung once…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/when-death-claim-me-no-doubt-i-would-walk-along-by-that-faint-light/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/654/haruki-murakami-21_death_when-death-claim-me-no-doubt-i-would-wal_45691.jpg) > [Ever since time began (when was that, I wonder?), it's been moving ever forward without a moment's rest. And one of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/ever-since-time-began-when-was-that-i-wonder-it-s-been-moving-ever/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/073/haruki-murakami-21_avoided_ever-since-time-began-when-was-that-i-wo_1728975.jpg) > [You said that the mind is like the wind but perhaps it is we who are like the wind Knowing nothing, simply…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/you-said-that-the-mind-is-like-the-wind-but-perhaps-it-is-we-who-are/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8b8/haruki-murakami-21_aging_you-said-that-the-mind-is-like-the-wind_1232970.jpg) > [You are a beautiful person, Doctor. Clearheaded. Strong. But you seem always to be dragging your heart along the ground. From now…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/you-are-a-beautiful-person-doctor-clearheaded-strong-but-you-seem/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be1/haruki-murakami-21_able_you-are-a-beautiful-person-doctor-clearh_1178316.jpg) > [From now on, little by little, you must prepare yourself to face death. If you devote all of your future energy to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/from-now-on-little-by-little-you-must-prepare-yourself-to-face-death/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa1/haruki-murakami-21_death_from-now-on-little-by-little-you-must-pr_1728750.jpg) > [“He was going to die soon, you knew when you saw those eyes. There was no sign of life in his flesh,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/he-was-going-to-die-soon-you-knew-when-you-saw-those-eyes-there-was/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e3f/haruki-murakami-21_death_he-was-going-to-die-soon-you-knew-when-y_1980757.jpg) > [People have their own reasons for dying. It might look simple, but it never is. It's just like a rock. What's above…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/people-have-their-own-reasons-for-dying-it-might-look-simple-but-it/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/610/haruki-murakami-21_darkness_people-have-their-own-reasons-for-dying_3043860.jpg) > [Where the road sloped upward beyond the trees, I sat and looked toward the building where Naoko lived. It was easy to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/where-the-road-sloped-upward-beyond-the-trees-i-sat-and-looked-toward/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a12/haruki-murakami-21_alive_where-the-road-sloped-upward-beyond-the_2491821.jpg) ## Other authors on Dying ## 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/dying/haruki-murakami/#itemlist", "name": "13 Dying Quotes By Haruki Murakami", "numberOfItems": 13, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I wasn't particularly afraid of death itself. 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