Of what value is a civilization that can't toast a piece of bread as ordered? — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
It's good when food tastes good, it's kind of like proof you're alive. — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“Nakata nodded “That’s right. Pancakes are one of Nakata’s favorites.” — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“ 'It's hard to come by peanuts that crack so nice and crisp,' said J.” — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
Life's no piece of cake, mind you, but the recipe's my own to fool with. — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“Of what value is a civilization that can’t toast a piece of bread as ordered?” Mari” — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“When you get to be my age, you can stay alive eating very little,' she said. 'Of the finest food possible,' she… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“When the phone rang I was in the kitchen, boiling a potful of spaghetti and whistling along with an FM broadcast of… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“ah yes, you like to cook, don't you? well, i used to. you need real dedication. fresh ingredients, a discerning palate, an… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“Number one of the list now was a diet book entitled Eat as much as You Want of the Food You Love… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
I don't know -- maybe the world has two different kinds of people, and for one kind the world is this completely… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“No matter how much I scream at them to make my toast as crispy as possible, I have never once gotten it… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
You know, they've got these chocolate assortments, and you like some but you don't like others? And you eat all the ones… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“Thinking about lunch. Smoked salmon with pedigreed lettuce and razor-sharp slices of onion that have been soaked in ice water, brushed with… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
pulled into my convenient neighborhood fast food restaurant. I ordered shrimp salad, onion rings, and a beer. The shrimp were straight out… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“1971 was the year of spaghetti. In 1971 I cooked spaghetti to live, and lived to cook spaghetti. Steam rising from the… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“You know how they've got these cookie assortments, and you like some but you don't like others? And you eat up all… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“Just remember, life is a box of cookies. You know how they’ve got these cookie assortments, and you like some but you… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“Cooking was not a chore for Tengo. He always used it as a time to think - about everyday problems, about math… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“I decided to make spaghetti for lunch again. Not that I was the least bit hungry. But I couldn't just go on… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“Anyway, it seems to me that the way most people go on living (I suppose there are a few exceptions), they think… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“It’s like when you put instant rice pudding mix in a bowl in the microwave and push the button, and you take… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
And when you come back to Japan next summer, let's have that date or whatever you want to call it. We can… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
You know, eating's much more important than most people think. There comes a time in your life when you've just got to… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“That was her entire dinner. It was a simple meal, but ideal for preventing constipation. Constipation was one of the things she… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
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,… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share
If writing novels is like planting a forest, then writing short stories is more like planting a garden. — Haruki Murakami Copy Share
“The sad truth is that what I could recall in five seconds all too soon needed ten, then thirty, thena full minute...” — Haruki Murakami Copy Share
“Intelligent teenage girls were often instinctively theatrical, purposely eccentric, mouthing highly suggestive words to confuse people.” — Haruki Murakami Copy Share
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… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share
The most dangerous creature here would have to be me. So maybe I'm just scared of my own shadow. — Haruki Murakami Copy Share
If you listen to the radio for a whole hour there's maybe one decent song. The rest is mass-produced garbage — Haruki Murakami Copy Share
“that one of our problems was our inability to recognize and accept our own deformities” — Haruki Murakami Copy Share
“When I look back at myself at age twenty, what I remember most is being alone and lonely. I had no girlfriend to warm… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share
“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,… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share
“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… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share
“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… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share
“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… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share
“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… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share
“You let something out of the bag before yourself knew what it was all about” — Haruki Murakami Copy Share
