“I focused on that point of light for a long, long time. It made me think of something like the final throb… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“Someday you will murder your father and be with your mother, he said.” Once I’ve spoken this, put this thought into concrete… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
I've been lonely for so long. And I've been hurt so deeply. If only I could have met you again a long… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“It's not just that I'm dumb. Nakata's empty inside. I finally understand that. Nakata's like a library without a single book. It… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
How about Proust's In Search of Lost Time?" Tamaru asked. "If you've never read it this would be a good opportunity to… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“Twenty years was a long time. But Tengo knew that if he were to meet Aomame in another twenty years, he would… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
If a person remains tense for a long time he might not notice it himself, but it’s like his nerves are a… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“With Naoko gone, I went to sleep on the sofa. I hadn't intended to do so, but I fell into the kind… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“I was attracted to her from the first time we talked, and soon there was no turning back. For a long time… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
Of course you got rights, the law's on your side, but sometimes the law takes a long time to kick in and… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
I spent thirty-three years in another man's shadow. I went everywhere he went, I helped him with everything he did. I was… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“He wasn't normally conscious of it, but there was one part of his body that was extremely sensitive, somewhere along his back.… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
You’re here,” I continued. “At least you look as if you’re here. But maybe you aren’t. Maybe it’s just your shadow. The… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“Things cultivated over such a long time don't just vanish into nothingness.” — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
For a long time, she held a special place in my heart. I kept this special place just for her, like a… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“Where the road sloped upwards beyond the trees, I sat and looked towards the building where Naoko lived. It was easy to… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“Seeing a lot of water like that every day is probably an important thing for human beings. For human beings might be… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“Any one who falls in love is searching for the missing pieces of themselves. So anyone who’s in love gets sad when… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“But how do you see you?" she asked. "Ever read The Brothers Karamazov?" I asked. "Once, a long time ago." "Well, toward… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“I don't dream. Come to think of it, i haven't had any dreams in a long time.” — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
Where the road sloped upward beyond the trees, I sat and looked toward the building where Naoko lived. It was easy to… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“Samsa sat there for a long time with his eyes closed. Then, making up his mind, he stood, grabbed his black walking… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“Nakata’s empty inside. I finally understand that. Nakata’s like a library without a single book. It wasn’t always like that. I used… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“Memories warm you up from the inside. But they also tear you apart.' ... 'Nakata's lived a long time, but as I… — 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
