--- title: "12 Listening Quotes By Haruki Murakami" description: "12 Listening quotes by Haruki Murakami. Plus more from Haruki Murakami and more Listening sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/76c/haruki-murakami-21_communication_not-prejudging-things-listening-to-what_2550923.jpg" --- > [“Not prejudging things, listening to what's going on, keeping your ears, heart, and mind open.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/not-prejudging-things-listening-to-what-s-going-on-keeping-your-ears/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/76c/haruki-murakami-21_communication_not-prejudging-things-listening-to-what_2550923.jpg) > [A man is like a two-story house. The first floor is equipped with an entrance and a living room. On the second…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/a-man-is-like-a-two-story-house-the-first-floor-is-equipped-with-an-3/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/434/haruki-murakami-21_book_a-man-is-like-a-two-story-house-the-firs_2624704.jpg) > [“I always felt as if I'd been handed a cardboard box crammed full of monkeys. I'd take the monkeys out of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/i-always-felt-as-if-i-d-been-handed-a-cardboard-box-crammed-full-of/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/280/haruki-murakami-21_life-stories_i-always-felt-as-if-i-d-been-handed-a-ca_3081861.jpg) > [Were the stars out when I left the house last evening? All I could remember was the couple in the Skyline listening…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/were-the-stars-out-when-i-left-the-house-last-evening-all-i-could-2/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f2/haruki-murakami-21_astronomy_were-the-stars-out-when-i-left-the-house_1718500.jpg) > [She curled up and pressed her cheek against his chest. Her ear was right above his heart. She was listening to his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/she-curled-up-and-pressed-her-cheek-against-his-chest-her-ear-was/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a29/haruki-murakami-21_aomame_she-curled-up-and-pressed-her-cheek-agai_1208583.jpg) > [Listening to the music while stretching her body close to its limit, she was able to attain a mysterious calm. She was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/listening-to-the-music-while-stretching-her-body-close-to-its-limit/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf7/haruki-murakami-21_able_listening-to-the-music-while-stretching_940463.jpg) > [I’m the kind of person who likes to be by himself. To put a finer point on it, I’m the type of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/i-m-the-kind-of-person-who-likes-to-be-by-himself-to-put-a-finer/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb4/haruki-murakami-21_book_i-m-the-kind-of-person-who-likes-to-be-b_2699279.jpg) > [“If I listen to some utterly perfect performance of an utterly perfect piece while I'm driving, I might want to close my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/if-i-listen-to-some-utterly-perfect-performance-of-an-utterly-perfect/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8b3/haruki-murakami-21_quote_if-i-listen-to-some-utterly-perfect-perf_2244620.jpg) > [“That’s why I like to listen to Schubert while I’m driving. Like I said, it’s because all the performances are imperfect. A…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/that-s-why-i-like-to-listen-to-schubert-while-i-m-driving-like-i-said/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe9/haruki-murakami-21_accumulation_that-s-why-i-like-to-listen-to-schubert_364713.jpg) > [I found a Bill Evans record in the bookcase and was listening to it while drying my hair when I realized that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/i-found-a-bill-evans-record-in-the-bookcase-and-was-listening-to-it/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/602/haruki-murakami-21_arms_i-found-a-bill-evans-record-in-the-bookc_2584567.jpg) > [“If I listen to some utterly perfect performance of an utterly perfect piece while I'm driving, I might want to close my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/if-i-listen-to-some-utterly-perfect-performance-of-an-utterly-perfect-2/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/598/haruki-murakami-21_listening_if-i-listen-to-some-utterly-perfect-perf_2874299.jpg) > [Reading was like an addiction; I read while I ate, on the train, in bed until late at night, in school, where…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/reading-was-like-an-addiction-i-read-while-i-ate-on-the-train-in-bed/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/584/haruki-murakami-21_addiction_reading-was-like-an-addiction-i-read-whi_1236023.jpg) ## Other authors on Listening ## 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/listening/haruki-murakami/#itemlist", "name": "12 Listening Quotes By Haruki Murakami", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Not prejudging things, listening to what's going on, keeping your ears, heart, and mind open.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Haruki Murakami" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/not-prejudging-things-listening-to-what-s-going-on-keeping-your-ears/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/76c/haruki-murakami-21_communication_not-prejudging-things-listening-to-what_2550923.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/76c/haruki-murakami-21_communication_not-prejudging-things-listening-to-what_2550923.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/76c/haruki-murakami-21_communication_not-prejudging-things-listening-to-what_2550923.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Not prejudging things, listening to what's going on, keeping your ears, heart, and mind open.” — Haruki Murakami", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "A man is like a two-story house. 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