--- title: "30 Hands Quotes By Haruki Murakami" description: "30 Hands quotes by Haruki Murakami. Plus more from Haruki Murakami and more Hands sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/67a/haruki-murakami-21_comedy_crying-is-personal-on-the-other-hand-lau_3228766.jpg" --- > [Crying is personal. On the other hand, laughing is more general . Laughing makes our hearts wider.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/crying-is-personal-on-the-other-hand-laughing-is-more-general/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/67a/haruki-murakami-21_comedy_crying-is-personal-on-the-other-hand-lau_3228766.jpg) > [At the entrance to the original tower, there is a stone into which Jung carved some words with his own hand: 'Cold…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/at-the-entrance-to-the-original-tower-there-is-a-stone-into-which/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/055/haruki-murakami-21_cold_at-the-entrance-to-the-original-tower-th_1484653.jpg) > [My father always told me: 'Give somebody a hand and he'll take an arm.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/my-father-always-told-me-give-somebody-a-hand-and-he-ll-take-an-arm/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a4/haruki-murakami-21_arms_my-father-always-told-me-give-somebody-a_820869.jpg) > [Like most novelists, I like to do exactly the opposite of what I'm told. It's in my nature as a novelist. Novelists…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/like-most-novelists-i-like-to-do-exactly-the-opposite-of-what-i-m/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4a5/haruki-murakami-21_acceptance_like-most-novelists-i-like-to-do-exactly_1089933.jpg) > [My face, my self, what would they mean to anybody? Just another stiff. So this self of mine passes some other's self…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/my-face-my-self-what-would-they-mean-to-anybody-just-another-stiff-so/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e5/haruki-murakami-21_faces_my-face-my-self-what-would-they-mean-to_144260.jpg) > [Not to excuse myself, but when you have people right in front of you denying your very presence like that, then see…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/not-to-excuse-myself-but-when-you-have-people-right-in-front-of-you/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e86/haruki-murakami-21_clear_not-to-excuse-myself-but-when-you-have-p_2729136.jpg) > [What would tomorrow bring? I wondered. Both hands on the wheel, I closed my eyes. I didn’t feel like I was in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/what-would-tomorrow-bring-i-wondered-both-hands-on-the-wheel-i-closed/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9a3/haruki-murakami-21_body_what-would-tomorrow-bring-i-wondered-bot_3008423.jpg) > [Like most novelists, I like to do exactly the opposite of what I'm told. It's in my nature as a novelist. Novelists…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/like-most-novelists-i-like-to-do-exactly-the-opposite-of-what-i-m-2/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/453/haruki-murakami-21_acceptance_like-most-novelists-i-like-to-do-exactly_1831626.jpg) > [And everywhere, infinite options, infinite possibilities. An infinity, and at the same time, zero. We try to scoop it all up in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/and-everywhere-infinite-options-infinite-possibilities-an-infinity/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/95d/haruki-murakami-21_cities_and-everywhere-infinite-options-infinite_1573224.jpg) > [Of course you got rights, the law's on your side, but sometimes the law takes a long time to kick in and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/of-course-you-got-rights-the-law-s-on-your-side-but-sometimes-the-law/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c27/haruki-murakami-21_courses_of-course-you-got-rights-the-law-s-on-yo_996912.jpg) > [“All he wanted from the girl was for her to hold his hand again if possible. He wanted her to squeeze his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/all-he-wanted-from-the-girl-was-for-her-to-hold-his-hand-again-if/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/690/haruki-murakami-21_hands_all-he-wanted-from-the-girl-was-for-her_1116385.jpg) > [Wasn't it better if they kept this desire to see each other hidden within them, and never actually got together? That way,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/wasn-t-it-better-if-they-kept-this-desire-to-see-each-other-hidden/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/05a/haruki-murakami-21_cups_wasn-t-it-better-if-they-kept-this-desir_2938997.jpg) > [How can the mind be so imperfect?" she says with a smile. I look at my hands. Bathed in the moonlight, they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/how-can-the-mind-be-so-imperfect-she-says-with-a-smile-i-look-at-my/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dc7/haruki-murakami-21_answers_how-can-the-mind-be-so-imperfect-she-say_1864467.jpg) > [Those five fingers and that palm were like a display case crammed full of everything I wanted to know--and everything I had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/those-five-fingers-and-that-palm-were-like-a-display-case-crammed/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/28d/haruki-murakami-21_air_those-five-fingers-and-that-palm-were-li_2345940.jpg) > [Oshima's silent for a time as he gazes at the forest, eyes narrowed. Birds are flitting from one branch to the next.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/oshima-s-silent-for-a-time-as-he-gazes-at-the-forest-eyes-narrowed/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/adb/haruki-murakami-21_bears_oshima-s-silent-for-a-time-as-he-gazes-a_3157495.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) > [Holding this soft, small living creature in my lap this way, though, and seeing how it slept with complete trust in me,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/holding-this-soft-small-living-creature-in-my-lap-this-way-though-and/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a0/haruki-murakami-21_body_holding-this-soft-small-living-creature_1621964.jpg) > [As long as I stared at the clock, at least the world remained in motion. Not a very consequential world, but in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/as-long-as-i-stared-at-the-clock-at-least-the-world-remained-in/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dc2/haruki-murakami-21_clock_as-long-as-i-stared-at-the-clock-at-leas_3156295.jpg) > [So that's how we live our lives. No matter how deep and fatal the loss, no matter how important the thing that's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/so-that-s-how-we-live-our-lives-no-matter-how-deep-and-fatal-the-loss-3/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d17/haruki-murakami-21_behinds_so-that-s-how-we-live-our-lives-no-matte_3054475.jpg) > [They sat on a park bench, held hands, and told each other their stories hour after hour. They were not lonely anymore.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/they-sat-on-a-park-bench-held-hands-and-told-each-other-their-stories/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5c2/haruki-murakami-21_after-hours_they-sat-on-a-park-bench-held-hands-and_1404800.jpg) > [Everybody's born with some different thing at the core of their existence. And that thing, whatever it is, becomes like a heat…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/everybody-s-born-with-some-different-thing-at-the-core-of-their/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/550/haruki-murakami-21_born_everybody-s-born-with-some-different-thi_2458741.jpg) > [Where are you now?’ Where was I now? Gripping the receiver, I raised my hand and turned to see what lay beyond…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/where-are-you-now-where-was-i-now-gripping-the-receiver-i-raised-my/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7bf/haruki-murakami-21_eye_where-are-you-now-where-was-i-now-grippi_2220420.jpg) > [But even so, every now and then I would feel a violent stab of loneliness. The very water I drink, the very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/but-even-so-every-now-and-then-i-would-feel-a-violent-stab-of/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ff/haruki-murakami-21_air_but-even-so-every-now-and-then-i-would-f_1321211.jpg) > [Then she took my hand and touched it to the wound beside her eye. I caressed the half-inch scar. As I did…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/then-she-took-my-hand-and-touched-it-to-the-wound-beside-her-eye-i/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/069/haruki-murakami-21_arms_then-she-took-my-hand-and-touched-it-to_2297800.jpg) > [Where the road sloped upward beyond the trees, I sat and looked toward the building where Naoko lived. It was easy to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/where-the-road-sloped-upward-beyond-the-trees-i-sat-and-looked-toward/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a12/haruki-murakami-21_alive_where-the-road-sloped-upward-beyond-the_2491821.jpg) > [sometimes i'd wake up at two or three in the morning and not be able to fall asleep again. i'd get out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/sometimes-i-d-wake-up-at-two-or-three-in-the-morning-and-not-be-able/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/15a/haruki-murakami-21_able_sometimes-i-d-wake-up-at-two-or-three-in_863041.jpg) > [I'm in no position to hand down any advice," he said, "but there's a rule I follow when I don't know what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/i-m-in-no-position-to-hand-down-any-advice-he-said-but-there-s-a-rule/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/928/haruki-murakami-21_advice_i-m-in-no-position-to-hand-down-any-advi_3074200.jpg) > [No matter how clear things might become in the forest of story, there was never a clear-cut solution, as there was in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/no-matter-how-clear-things-might-become-in-the-forest-of-story-there/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6b8/haruki-murakami-21_clear_no-matter-how-clear-things-might-become_640786.jpg) > [I wasn't in love with her. And she didn't love me. For me the question of love was irrelevant. What I sought…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/i-wasn-t-in-love-with-her-and-she-didn-t-love-me-for-me-the-question/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/399/haruki-murakami-21_body_i-wasn-t-in-love-with-her-and-she-didn-t_577819.jpg) > [I have come to think that life is a far more limited thing than those in the midst of its maelstorm realize.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/i-have-come-to-think-that-life-is-a-far-more-limited-thing-than-those/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4fc/haruki-murakami-21_chance_i-have-come-to-think-that-life-is-a-far_46877.jpg) ## Other authors on Hands ## 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/hands/haruki-murakami/#itemlist", "name": "30 Hands Quotes By Haruki Murakami", "numberOfItems": 30, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Crying is personal. On the other hand, laughing is more general . 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You get my drift?", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Haruki Murakami" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/of-course-you-got-rights-the-law-s-on-your-side-but-sometimes-the-law/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c27/haruki-murakami-21_courses_of-course-you-got-rights-the-law-s-on-yo_996912.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c27/haruki-murakami-21_courses_of-course-you-got-rights-the-law-s-on-yo_996912.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c27/haruki-murakami-21_courses_of-course-you-got-rights-the-law-s-on-yo_996912.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Of course you got rights, the law's on your side, but sometimes the law takes a long time to kick in and so…” — Haruki Murakami", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 11, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“All he wanted from the girl was for her to hold his hand again if possible. 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Bathed in the moonlight, they…” — Haruki Murakami", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 14, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Those five fingers and that palm were like a display case crammed full of everything I wanted to know--and everything I had to know. By taking my hand, she showed me what these things were. That within the real world, a place like this existed. In the space of those ten seconds I became I tiny bird, fluttering in the air, the wind rushing by. From high in the sky I could see a scene far away. 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