--- title: "13 Imagine Quotes By Haruki Murakami" description: "13 Imagine quotes by Haruki Murakami. Plus more from Haruki Murakami and more Imagine sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5cd/haruki-murakami-21_life_your-life-s-just-begun-and-there-s-a-ton_1501263.jpg" --- > [“Your life’s just begun and there’s a ton of things out in the world you’ve never laid eyes on. Things you never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/your-life-s-just-begun-and-there-s-a-ton-of-things-out-in-the-world/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5cd/haruki-murakami-21_life_your-life-s-just-begun-and-there-s-a-ton_1501263.jpg) > [I just feel pain. A lot of pain. I thought I could imagine how much this would hurt but I was wrong.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/i-just-feel-pain-a-lot-of-pain-i-thought-i-could-imagine-how-much/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0bd/haruki-murakami-21_feels_i-just-feel-pain-a-lot-of-pain-i-thought_1941743.jpg) > [“It's all a question of imagination. Our responsibility begins with the power to imagine.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/it-s-all-a-question-of-imagination-our-responsibility-begins-with-the-2/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cd5/haruki-murakami-21_dreams_it-s-all-a-question-of-imagination-our-r_2740580.jpg) > [I can't understand nothingness. I can't understand it and I can't imagine it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/i-can-t-understand-nothingness-i-can-t-understand-it-and-i-can-t/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/296/haruki-murakami-21_i-can_i-can-t-understand-nothingness-i-can-t-u_547489.jpg) > [The better you were able to imagine what you wanted to imagine, the farther you could flee from reality.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/the-better-you-were-able-to-imagine-what-you-wanted-to-imagine-the/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e2/haruki-murakami-21_able_the-better-you-were-able-to-imagine-what_2465159.jpg) > [I can't imagine how American readers will react to a novel, but if the story is appealing it doesn't matter much if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/i-can-t-imagine-how-american-readers-will-react-to-a-novel-but-if-the/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/39a/haruki-murakami-21_books_i-can-t-imagine-how-american-readers-wil_2441931.jpg) > [She waited for the train to pass. Then she said, "I sometimes think that people’s hearts are like deep wells. Nobody knows…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/she-waited-for-the-train-to-pass-then-she-said-i-sometimes-think-that/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/210/haruki-murakami-21_bottom_she-waited-for-the-train-to-pass-then-sh_1828125.jpg) > [It's just like Yeats said. In dreams begin responsibilities. Flip this around and you could say that where there's no power to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/it-s-just-like-yeats-said-in-dreams-begin-responsibilities-flip-this/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/82c/haruki-murakami-21_arise_it-s-just-like-yeats-said-in-dreams-begi_1490151.jpg) > [You couldn’t begin to imagine who I am, where I’m going, or what I’m about to do, All of you are trapped…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/you-couldn-t-begin-to-imagine-who-i-am-where-i-m-going-or-what-i-m/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d2c/haruki-murakami-21_accomplish_you-couldn-t-begin-to-imagine-who-i-am-w_2380150.jpg) > [“Turning all this over in my mind, I started to imagine another me somewhere, sitting in a bar, nursing a whiskey, without…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/turning-all-this-over-in-my-mind-i-started-to-imagine-another-me/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/94d/haruki-murakami-21_imagine_turning-all-this-over-in-my-mind-i-start_2785400.jpg) > [Was it Aristotle who said the human soul is composed of reason, will, and desire?” “No, that was Plato. Aristotle and Plato…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/was-it-aristotle-who-said-the-human-soul-is-composed-of-reason-will/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/34d/haruki-murakami-21_aristotle_was-it-aristotle-who-said-the-human-soul_255770.jpg) > [Lost opportunities, lost possibilities, feelings we can never get back. That's part of what it means to be alive. But inside our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/lost-opportunities-lost-possibilities-feelings-we-can-never-get-back/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/330/haruki-murakami-21_air_lost-opportunities-lost-possibilities-fe_2898579.jpg) > [I stare at this ceaseless, rushing crowd and imagine a time a hundred years from now. In a hundred years everybody here-me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/i-stare-at-this-ceaseless-rushing-crowd-and-imagine-a-time-a-hundred/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/40c/haruki-murakami-21_ashes_i-stare-at-this-ceaseless-rushing-crowd_2816883.jpg) ## Other authors on Imagine ## 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/imagine/haruki-murakami/#itemlist", "name": "13 Imagine Quotes By Haruki Murakami", "numberOfItems": 13, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Your life’s just begun and there’s a ton of things out in the world you’ve never laid eyes on. 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