What makes us the most normal," said Reiko, "is knowing that we're not normal. — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
But knowing what I don’t want to do doesn’t help me figure out what I do want to do. I could do… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
I'll never see them again. I know that. And they know that. And knowing this, we say farewell. — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
When you are used to the kind of life -of never getting anything you want- you stop knowing what it is you… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
You said that the mind is like the wind but perhaps it is we who are like the wind Knowing nothing, simply… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
The thing I’m most afraid of is me. Of not knowing what I’m going to do. Of not knowing what I’m doing… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
Maybe the only thing I can definitely say about is this: That’s life. Maybe the only thing we can do is accept… — 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
