--- title: "12 Lines Quotes By Haruki Murakami" description: "12 Lines quotes by Haruki Murakami. Plus more from Haruki Murakami and more Lines sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f1f/haruki-murakami-21_black_her-voice-was-like-a-line-from-an-old-bl_672798.jpg" --- > [Her voice was like a line from an old black-and-white Jean-Luc Godard movie, filtering in just beyond the frame of my consciousness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/her-voice-was-like-a-line-from-an-old-black-and-white-jean-luc-godard/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f1f/haruki-murakami-21_black_her-voice-was-like-a-line-from-an-old-bl_672798.jpg) > [Reaching the finish line, never walking, and enjoying the race. These three, in this order, are my goals.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/reaching-the-finish-line-never-walking-and-enjoying-the-race-these/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c6/haruki-murakami-21_enjoy_reaching-the-finish-line-never-walking-a_1137632.jpg) > [We're both looking at the same moon, in the same world. We're connected to reality by the same line. All I have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/we-re-both-looking-at-the-same-moon-in-the-same-world-we-re-connected/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec2/haruki-murakami-21_connected_we-re-both-looking-at-the-same-moon-in-t_1842317.jpg) > [Maybe time is nothing at all like a straight line. Perhaps it's shaped like a twisted doughnut. But for tens of thousands…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/maybe-time-is-nothing-at-all-like-a-straight-line-perhaps-it-s-shaped/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/abd/haruki-murakami-21_action_maybe-time-is-nothing-at-all-like-a-stra_2352893.jpg) > [But actually time isn't a straight line. It doesn't ave a shape. In all senses of the term, it doesn't have any…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/but-actually-time-isn-t-a-straight-line-it-doesn-t-ave-a-shape-in-all/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f59/haruki-murakami-21_convenience_but-actually-time-isn-t-a-straight-line_2853880.jpg) > [I was reduced to pure concept. My flesh had dissolved; my form had dissipated. I floated in space. Liberated of my corporeal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/i-was-reduced-to-pure-concept-my-flesh-had-dissolved-my-form-had/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4d2/haruki-murakami-21_adrift_i-was-reduced-to-pure-concept-my-flesh-h_1059871.jpg) > [But why should you be interested in me?" Good question. I can’t explain it myself right this moment. But maybe – just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/but-why-should-you-be-interested-in-me-good-question-i-can-t-explain/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9dd/haruki-murakami-21_backgrounds_but-why-should-you-be-interested-in-me-g_362769.jpg) > [My peak? Would I even have one? I hardly had had anything you could call a life. A few ripples. some rises…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/my-peak-would-i-even-have-one-i-hardly-had-had-anything-you-could/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ab7/haruki-murakami-21_born_my-peak-would-i-even-have-one-i-hardly-h_3193288.jpg) > [To me, love is a pure idea forged in flesh, awkwardly maybe, but it had to connect to somewhere, despite twists and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/to-me-love-is-a-pure-idea-forged-in-flesh-awkwardly-maybe-but-it-had/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/748/haruki-murakami-21_cables_to-me-love-is-a-pure-idea-forged-in-fles_2822224.jpg) > [Shakespeare said it best,' Tamaru said quietly as he gazed at that lumpish, misshapen head. 'Something along these lines: if we die…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/shakespeare-said-it-best-tamaru-said-quietly-as-he-gazed-at-that/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8fa/haruki-murakami-21_lines_shakespeare-said-it-best-tamaru-said-qui_2295249.jpg) > [“Listen to this, Nimit. Follow Coleman Hawkins' improvised lines very carefully. He is using them to tell us something. Pay very close…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/listen-to-this-nimit-follow-coleman-hawkins-improvised-lines-very/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4cc/haruki-murakami-21_attention_listen-to-this-nimit-follow-coleman-hawk_36974.jpg) > [In certain areas of my life, I actively seek out solitude. Especially for someone in my line of work, solitude is, more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/in-certain-areas-of-my-life-i-actively-seek-out-solitude-especially/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d9/haruki-murakami-21_acid_in-certain-areas-of-my-life-i-actively-s_2989148.jpg) ## Other authors on Lines ## 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/lines/haruki-murakami/#itemlist", "name": "12 Lines Quotes By Haruki Murakami", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Her voice was like a line from an old black-and-white Jean-Luc Godard movie, filtering in just beyond the frame of my consciousness.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Haruki Murakami" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/her-voice-was-like-a-line-from-an-old-black-and-white-jean-luc-godard/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f1f/haruki-murakami-21_black_her-voice-was-like-a-line-from-an-old-bl_672798.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f1f/haruki-murakami-21_black_her-voice-was-like-a-line-from-an-old-bl_672798.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f1f/haruki-murakami-21_black_her-voice-was-like-a-line-from-an-old-bl_672798.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Her voice was like a line from an old black-and-white Jean-Luc Godard movie, filtering in just beyond the…” — Haruki Murakami", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Reaching the finish line, never walking, and enjoying the race. 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