--- title: "7 Feel Like Quotes By Haruki Murakami" description: "7 Feel Like quotes by Haruki Murakami. Plus more from Haruki Murakami and more Feel Like sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5bc/haruki-murakami-21_cloudy_i-feel-like-i-ve-swallowed-a-cloudy-sky_440692.jpg" --- > [I feel like I've swallowed a cloudy sky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/i-feel-like-i-ve-swallowed-a-cloudy-sky/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5bc/haruki-murakami-21_cloudy_i-feel-like-i-ve-swallowed-a-cloudy-sky_440692.jpg) > [Sometimes when I think of life, I feel like a piece of driftwood washed up on shore.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/sometimes-when-i-think-of-life-i-feel-like-a-piece-of-driftwood/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/100/haruki-murakami-21_driftwood_sometimes-when-i-think-of-life-i-feel-li_537762.jpg) > [“I don't know, I feel like this isn't the real world. The people, the scene: they just don't seem real to me.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/i-don-t-know-i-feel-like-this-isn-t-the-real-world-the-people-the/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/491/haruki-murakami-21_real-world_i-don-t-know-i-feel-like-this-isn-t-the_890486.jpg) > [There's no sense forcing yourself if you don't feel like it. Tell you the truth, I've had sex with lots of guys,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/there-s-no-sense-forcing-yourself-if-you-don-t-feel-like-it-tell-you/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/065/haruki-murakami-21_arms_there-s-no-sense-forcing-yourself-if-you_1439875.jpg) > [But I found that the longer you teach, the more you feel like a total stranger to yourself](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/but-i-found-that-the-longer-you-teach-the-more-you-feel-like-a-total/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/31a/haruki-murakami-21_feels_but-i-found-that-the-longer-you-teach-th_1543991.jpg) > [I didn't feel like I was in my own body; my body was just a lonely, temporary container I happened to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/i-didn-t-feel-like-i-was-in-my-own-body-my-body-was-just-a-lonely/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c2/haruki-murakami-21_body_i-didn-t-feel-like-i-was-in-my-own-body_2978011.jpg) > [“When I see a dictionary on my desk I feel like I'm looking at some strange dog leaving a twisty piece of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/when-i-see-a-dictionary-on-my-desk-i-feel-like-i-m-looking-at-some/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/83b/haruki-murakami-21_animal_when-i-see-a-dictionary-on-my-desk-i-fee_3074151.jpg) ## Other authors on Feel Like ## 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/feel-like/haruki-murakami/#itemlist", "name": "7 Feel Like Quotes By Haruki Murakami", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I feel like I've swallowed a cloudy sky", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Haruki Murakami" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/i-feel-like-i-ve-swallowed-a-cloudy-sky/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5bc/haruki-murakami-21_cloudy_i-feel-like-i-ve-swallowed-a-cloudy-sky_440692.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5bc/haruki-murakami-21_cloudy_i-feel-like-i-ve-swallowed-a-cloudy-sky_440692.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5bc/haruki-murakami-21_cloudy_i-feel-like-i-ve-swallowed-a-cloudy-sky_440692.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I feel like I've swallowed a cloudy sky” — Haruki Murakami", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Sometimes when I think of life, I feel like a piece of driftwood washed up on shore.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Haruki Murakami" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/sometimes-when-i-think-of-life-i-feel-like-a-piece-of-driftwood/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/100/haruki-murakami-21_driftwood_sometimes-when-i-think-of-life-i-feel-li_537762.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/100/haruki-murakami-21_driftwood_sometimes-when-i-think-of-life-i-feel-li_537762.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/100/haruki-murakami-21_driftwood_sometimes-when-i-think-of-life-i-feel-li_537762.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Sometimes when I think of life, I feel like a piece of driftwood washed up on shore.” — Haruki Murakami", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“I don't know, I feel like this isn't the real world. 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