You are a beautiful person, Doctor. Clearheaded. Strong. But you seem always to be dragging your heart along the ground. From now… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
You are entering a phase of your life in which many different things will occur...bad things that seem good at first and… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
Life is so uncertain: you never know what could happen. One way to deal with that is to keep your pajamas washed. — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“The end of the race is just a temporary marker without much significance. It’s the same with our lives. Just because there’s… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“I was dying to have a cat. But they wouldn't let me. My mother hated them. Not once in my life have… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
I had my jazz club and I had enough money. So I didn't have to write for my living. — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
The years nineteen and twenty are a crucial stage in the maturation of character, and if you allow yourself to become warped… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
I bet the reason people are afraid of going bald is because it makes them think of the end of life. I… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
In real life things don’t go so smoothly. At certain points in our lives, when we really need a clear-cut solution, the… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“The sad spreadsheet of my life that reveals how much my debts far outweigh my assets.” — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
I was confident that I was a special person. But time slowly chips away at life. People don't just die when their… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“When I was with him, I felt as if my life had finally come back to me.” — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
Despite your best efforts, people are going to be hurt when it's time for them to be hurt. — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“I forced words out: There are some things about myself I can't explain to anyone. There are some things I don't understand… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
In other words, let's face it: Life is basically unfair. But even in a situation that's unfair, I think it's possible to… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
As long as possible, I would really like to complete one marathon per year. Though my time has been slowing down as… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“Life is long, and sometimes cruel. Sometimes victims are needed. Someone has to take on that role. And human bodies are fragile,… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“You know what I think?” she says. “That people’s memories are maybe the fuel they burn to stay alive. Whether those memories… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“Between the end of that strange summer and the approach of winter, my life went on without change. Each day would dawn… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“When you get used to that kind of life —of never having anything you want— then you stop knowing what it is… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
I don't care what you do to me, but I don't want you to hurt me. I've had enough hurt already in… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
Once again, life had a lesson to teach me: It takes years to build up, it takes moments to destroy. — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“1971 was the year of spaghetti. In 1971 I cooked spaghetti to live, and lived to cook spaghetti. Steam rising from the… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
But didn't you say you were satisfied with your life?" "Word games," I dismissed. "Every army needs a flag. — 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
