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title: "46 Eye Quotes By Haruki Murakami"
description: "46 Eye quotes by Haruki Murakami. Plus more from Haruki Murakami and more Eye sayings from other authors."
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> [If you're in pitch blackness, all you can do is sit tight until your eyes get used to the dark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/if-you-re-in-pitch-blackness-all-you-can-do-is-sit-tight-until-your/)

[Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/)

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> [What you see with your eyes is not necessarily real.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/what-you-see-with-your-eyes-is-not-necessarily-real/)

[Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/)

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> [Open your eyes, train your ears, use your head. If a mind you have, then use it while you can.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/open-your-eyes-train-your-ears-use-your-head-if-a-mind-you-have-then/)

[Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/)

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> [two people can sleep in the same bed and still be alone when they close their eyes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/two-people-can-sleep-in-the-same-bed-and-still-be-alone-when-they-2/)

[Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/)

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> [Two-thirds of earth's surface is ocean, and all we can see with the naked eye is the surface.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/two-thirds-of-earth-s-surface-is-ocean-and-all-we-can-see-with-the/)

[Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/)

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> [I didn't have much to say to anybody but kept to myself and my books. With my eyes closed, I would touch…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/i-didn-t-have-much-to-say-to-anybody-but-kept-to-myself-and-my-books/)

[Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/)

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> [Whoa!" he says with a smile. The wrinkles at the corners of his eyes deepen. "Chicken salad a la George Orwell!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/whoa-he-says-with-a-smile-the-wrinkles-at-the-corners-of-his-eyes/)

[Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/)

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> [If you really want to know what's happening here and now, you've got to use your own eyes and your own judgment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/if-you-really-want-to-know-what-s-happening-here-and-now-you-ve-got/)

[Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/)

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> [I closed my eyes and tried to sleep. But it was not until much later that I was able to get any…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/i-closed-my-eyes-and-tried-to-sleep-but-it-was-not-until-much-later/)

[Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/)

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> [I think I'll stay alive here a bit longer, and see with my own eyes what's going to happen. I can still…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/i-think-i-ll-stay-alive-here-a-bit-longer-and-see-with-my-own-eyes/)

[Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/)

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> [Something in her small eyes caught the sunlight and glistened, like a glacier on the faraway face of a mountain.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/something-in-her-small-eyes-caught-the-sunlight-and-glistened-like-a/)

[Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/)

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> [It's just a feeling I have. What you see with your eyes is not necessarily real. My enemy is, among other things,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/it-s-just-a-feeling-i-have-what-you-see-with-your-eyes-is-not/)

[Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/)

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> [The power to concentrate was the most important thing. Living without this power would be like opening one’s eyes without seeing anything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/the-power-to-concentrate-was-the-most-important-thing-living-without/)

[Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/)

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> [It made her think of Laika, the dog. The man-made satellite streaking soundlessly across the blackness of outer space. The dark, lustrous…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/it-made-her-think-of-laika-the-dog-the-man-made-satellite-streaking-2/)

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> [You can’t look too far ahead. Do that and you’ll lose sight of what you’re doing and stumble. I’m not saying you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/you-can-t-look-too-far-ahead-do-that-and-you-ll-lose-sight-of-what-2/)

[Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/)

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> [Like most novelists, I like to do exactly the opposite of what I'm told. It's in my nature as a novelist. Novelists…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/like-most-novelists-i-like-to-do-exactly-the-opposite-of-what-i-m-2/)

[Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/)

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> [You know what I'd really like to do the most right now? Climb up to the top of some high place like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/you-know-what-i-d-really-like-to-do-the-most-right-now-climb-up-to/)

[Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/)

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> [my heart would swell without warning, and tremble, and lurch with a stab of pain. I would try clamping my eyes shut…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/my-heart-would-swell-without-warning-and-tremble-and-lurch-with-a/)

[Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/)

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> [The sun sliced through the windshield, sealing me in light. I closed my eyes and felt the warmth on my eyelids. Sunlight…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/the-sun-sliced-through-the-windshield-sealing-me-in-light-i-closed-my/)

[Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/)

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> [And as we live our lives we discover - drawing toward us the thin threads attached to each - what has been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/and-as-we-live-our-lives-we-discover-drawing-toward-us-the-thin/)

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> [All you have to do is wait,” I explained. “Sit tight and wait for the right moment. Not try to change anything…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/all-you-have-to-do-is-wait-i-explained-sit-tight-and-wait-for-the/)

[Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/)

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> [Math is like water. It has a lot of difficult theories, of course, but its basic logic is very simple. Just as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/math-is-like-water-it-has-a-lot-of-difficult-theories-of-course-but/)

[Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/)

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> [I was twenty-one at the time, about to turn twenty-two. No prospect of graduating soon, and yet no reason to quit school.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/i-was-twenty-one-at-the-time-about-to-turn-twenty-two-no-prospect-of/)

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> [Then she took my hand and touched it to the wound beside her eye. I caressed the half-inch scar. As I did…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/then-she-took-my-hand-and-touched-it-to-the-wound-beside-her-eye-i/)

[Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/)

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> [Not just beautiful, though — the stars are like the trees in the forest, alive and breathing. And they’re watching me. What…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/not-just-beautiful-though-the-stars-are-like-the-trees-in-the-forest-2/)

[Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/)

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> [Oshima's silent for a time as he gazes at the forest, eyes narrowed. Birds are flitting from one branch to the next.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/oshima-s-silent-for-a-time-as-he-gazes-at-the-forest-eyes-narrowed/)

[Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/)

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> [They tell us that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself,but I don't believe that." he said. Then, a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/they-tell-us-that-the-only-thing-we-have-to-fear-is-fear-itself-but-i/)

[Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/)

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> [“That’s why I like to listen to Schubert while I’m driving. Like I said, it’s because all the performances are imperfect. A…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/that-s-why-i-like-to-listen-to-schubert-while-i-m-driving-like-i-said/)

[Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/)

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> [I do feel that I’ve managed to make something I could maybe call my world…over time…little by little. And when I’m inside…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/i-do-feel-that-i-ve-managed-to-make-something-i-could-maybe-call-my/)

[Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/)

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> [Like most novelists, I like to do exactly the opposite of what I'm told. It's in my nature as a novelist. Novelists…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/like-most-novelists-i-like-to-do-exactly-the-opposite-of-what-i-m/)

[Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/)

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> [Where are you now?’ Where was I now? Gripping the receiver, I raised my hand and turned to see what lay beyond…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/where-are-you-now-where-was-i-now-gripping-the-receiver-i-raised-my/)

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> [I was in my house, alone in the living room, anxious about you, watching the flashes of lightning. And a flash of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/i-was-in-my-house-alone-in-the-living-room-anxious-about-you-watching/)

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> [What would tomorrow bring? I wondered. Both hands on the wheel, I closed my eyes. I didn’t feel like I was in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/what-would-tomorrow-bring-i-wondered-both-hands-on-the-wheel-i-closed/)

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> [To know one’s own state is not a simple matter. One cannot look directly at one’s own face with one’s own eyes,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/to-know-one-s-own-state-is-not-a-simple-matter-one-cannot-look/)

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> [I’m free, I think. I shut my eyes and think hard and deep about how free I am, but I can’t really…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/i-m-free-i-think-i-shut-my-eyes-and-think-hard-and-deep-about-how-2/)

[Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/)

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> [It made her think of Laika, the dog. The man-made satellite streaking soundlessly across the blackness of outer space. The dark, lustrous…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/it-made-her-think-of-laika-the-dog-the-man-made-satellite-streaking/)

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> [If there's any guy crazy enough to attack me, I'm going to show him the end of the world -- close up.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/if-there-s-any-guy-crazy-enough-to-attack-me-i-m-going-to-show-him/)

[Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/)

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> [With the advent of winter, her eyes seemed to take on a greater transparency, a transparency that lead nowhere. Occassionally, for no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/with-the-advent-of-winter-her-eyes-seemed-to-take-on-a-greater/)

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> [I closed my eyes and listened carefully for the descendants of Sputnik, even now circling the earth, gravity their only tie to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/i-closed-my-eyes-and-listened-carefully-for-the-descendants-of/)

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> [You're walking through a field all by yourself one day in spring and this sweet little bear cub with velvet fur and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/you-re-walking-through-a-field-all-by-yourself-one-day-in-spring-and/)

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## Other authors on Eye

## 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/)

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> [“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/)

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> [“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/)

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> [“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/)

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> [“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/)

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> [“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/)

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