--- title: "13 Goes on Quotes By Haruki Murakami" description: "13 Goes on quotes by Haruki Murakami. Plus more from Haruki Murakami and more Goes on sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/505/haruki-murakami-21_goes-on_the-dead-will-always-be-dead-but-we-have_1574765.jpg" --- > [The dead will always be dead, but we have to go on living.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/the-dead-will-always-be-dead-but-we-have-to-go-on-living/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/505/haruki-murakami-21_goes-on_the-dead-will-always-be-dead-but-we-have_1574765.jpg) > [I could disappear from the face of the earth, and the world would go on moving without the slightest twinge. Things were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/i-could-disappear-from-the-face-of-the-earth-and-the-world-would-go/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a59/haruki-murakami-21_clear_i-could-disappear-from-the-face-of-the-e_2309966.jpg) > [Time really is one big continuous cloth, no? We habitually cut out pieces of time to fit us, so we tend to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/time-really-is-one-big-continuous-cloth-no-we-habitually-cut-out/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6e3/haruki-murakami-21_bigs_time-really-is-one-big-continuous-cloth_286237.jpg) > [Living like an empty shell is not really living, no matter how many years it may go on. The heart and flesh…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/living-like-an-empty-shell-is-not-really-living-no-matter-how-many/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a7/haruki-murakami-21_birth_living-like-an-empty-shell-is-not-really_2155563.jpg) > [I realize full well how hard it must be to go on living alone in a place from which someone has left…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/i-realize-full-well-how-hard-it-must-be-to-go-on-living-alone-in-a/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6bf/haruki-murakami-21_desolation_i-realize-full-well-how-hard-it-must-be_1832628.jpg) > [As time goes on you'll understand. What lasts, lasts; what doesn't, doesn't. Time solves most things and what most time can't solve,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/as-time-goes-on-you-ll-understand-what-lasts-lasts-what-doesn-t-doesn/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cac/haruki-murakami-21_beautiful-life_as-time-goes-on-you-ll-understand-what-l_679470.jpg) > [Most human activities are predicated on the assumption that life goes on. If you take that premise away, what is there left?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/most-human-activities-are-predicated-on-the-assumption-that-life-goes-2/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/061/haruki-murakami-21_assumption_most-human-activities-are-predicated-on_2601812.jpg) > [A certain kind of shittiness, a certain kind of stagnation, a certain kind of darkness, goes on propagating itself by its own…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/a-certain-kind-of-shittiness-a-certain-kind-of-stagnation-a-certain/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c9/haruki-murakami-21_certain_a-certain-kind-of-shittiness-a-certain-k_1853736.jpg) > [Let me tell you something, Mari. The ground we stand on looks solid enough, but if something happens it can drop right…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/let-me-tell-you-something-mari-the-ground-we-stand-on-looks-solid/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f35/haruki-murakami-21_darkness_let-me-tell-you-something-mari-the-groun_208787.jpg) > [You’re here,” I continued. “At least you look as if you’re here. But maybe you aren’t. Maybe it’s just your shadow. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/you-re-here-i-continued-at-least-you-look-as-if-you-re-here-but-maybe/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd6/haruki-murakami-21_behinds_you-re-here-i-continued-at-least-you-loo_1385789.jpg) > [At my core, there is nothing. Neither is it parched wastelands. At my core, there is love. I'll go on loving that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/at-my-core-there-is-nothing-neither-is-it-parched-wastelands-at-my/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/86e/haruki-murakami-21_boys_at-my-core-there-is-nothing-neither-is-i_2062209.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) > [I miss you terribly sometimes, but in general I go on living with all the energy I can muster. Just as you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/i-miss-you-terribly-sometimes-but-in-general-i-go-on-living-with-all/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a1f/haruki-murakami-21_bird_i-miss-you-terribly-sometimes-but-in-gen_2322024.jpg) ## Other authors on Goes on ## 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/goes-on/haruki-murakami/#itemlist", "name": "13 Goes on Quotes By Haruki Murakami", "numberOfItems": 13, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The dead will always be dead, but we have to go on living.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Haruki Murakami" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/the-dead-will-always-be-dead-but-we-have-to-go-on-living/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/505/haruki-murakami-21_goes-on_the-dead-will-always-be-dead-but-we-have_1574765.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/505/haruki-murakami-21_goes-on_the-dead-will-always-be-dead-but-we-have_1574765.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/505/haruki-murakami-21_goes-on_the-dead-will-always-be-dead-but-we-have_1574765.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The dead will always be dead, but we have to go on living.” — Haruki Murakami", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I could disappear from the face of the earth, and the world would go on moving without the slightest twinge. 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