--- title: "5 Falling apart Quotes By Haruki Murakami" description: "5 Falling apart quotes by Haruki Murakami. Plus more from Haruki Murakami and more Falling apart sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3d1/haruki-murakami-21_fall_maybe-working-on-the-little-things-as-du_359881.jpg" --- > [Maybe working on the little things as dutifully and honestly as we can is how we stay sane when the world is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/maybe-working-on-the-little-things-as-dutifully-and-honestly-as-we/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3d1/haruki-murakami-21_fall_maybe-working-on-the-little-things-as-du_359881.jpg) > [“It's strange, isn't it?' the woman said in a pensive voice. 'Everything is blowing up around us, but there are still those…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/it-s-strange-isn-t-it-the-woman-said-in-a-pensive-voice-everything-is/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a9a/haruki-murakami-21_falling-apart_it-s-strange-isn-t-it-the-woman-said-in_1925210.jpg) > [“But maybe that’s the way it should be. Maybe working on the little things as dutifully and honestly as we can is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/but-maybe-that-s-the-way-it-should-be-maybe-working-on-the-little/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b7b/haruki-murakami-21_falling_but-maybe-that-s-the-way-it-should-be-ma_2568347.jpg) > [Tell me how you could say such a thing, she said, staring down at the ground beneath her feet. You're not telling…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/tell-me-how-you-could-say-such-a-thing-she-said-staring-down-at-the/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/45a/haruki-murakami-21_blown-away_tell-me-how-you-could-say-such-a-thing-s_2571348.jpg) > [“Everything is blowing up around us, but there are still those who care about a broken lock, and others who are dutiful…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/everything-is-blowing-up-around-us-but-there-are-still-those-who-care-2/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/43a/haruki-murakami-21_falling_everything-is-blowing-up-around-us-but-t_3212425.jpg) ## Other authors on Falling apart ## 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/falling-apart/haruki-murakami/#itemlist", "name": "5 Falling apart Quotes By Haruki Murakami", "numberOfItems": 5, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Maybe working on the little things as dutifully and honestly as we can is how we stay sane when the world is falling apart.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Haruki Murakami" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/maybe-working-on-the-little-things-as-dutifully-and-honestly-as-we/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3d1/haruki-murakami-21_fall_maybe-working-on-the-little-things-as-du_359881.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3d1/haruki-murakami-21_fall_maybe-working-on-the-little-things-as-du_359881.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3d1/haruki-murakami-21_fall_maybe-working-on-the-little-things-as-du_359881.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Maybe working on the little things as dutifully and honestly as we can is how we stay sane when the world is…” — Haruki Murakami", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“It's strange, isn't it?' the woman said in a pensive voice. 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