“One by one, I'll face the tasks before me and complete them as best I can. Focusing on each stride forward, but… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“In almost all cases, the objective of a trip is paradoxical. You ultimately want to return to the starting point safely. Writing… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“The body is not the only target of rape. Violence does not always take visible form, and not all wounds gush blood.” — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
If you're going to while away the years, it's far better to live them with clear goals and fully alive then in… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“I was impressed by the variety of dreams and goals that life could offer.” — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
Reaching the finish line, never walking, and enjoying the race. These three, in this order, are my goals. — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“True, luck may rule over parts of a person's life and luck may cast patches of shadow across the ground of our… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“My time, the rank I attain, my outward appearance—all of these are secondary. For a runner like me, what’s really important is… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“Most runners run not because they want to live longer, but because they want to live life to the fullest. If you’re… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
You know, the usual story. Once upon a time I was playing my harp by a spring when a fairy appeared out… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“I'm not totally uncompetitive. It's just that for some reason I never cared all that much whether I beat others or lost… — 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 Image
If writing novels is like planting a forest, then writing short stories is more like planting a garden. — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“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 Image
“Intelligent teenage girls were often instinctively theatrical, purposely eccentric, mouthing highly suggestive words to confuse people.” — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
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 Image
The most dangerous creature here would have to be me. So maybe I'm just scared of my own shadow. — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
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 Image
“that one of our problems was our inability to recognize and accept our own deformities” — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
