--- title: "24 Long time Quotes By Haruki Murakami" description: "24 Long time quotes by Haruki Murakami. Plus more from Haruki Murakami and more Long time sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b2/haruki-murakami-21_long-time_things-cultivated-over-such-a-long-time_1419938.jpg" --- > [“Things cultivated over such a long time don't just vanish into nothingness.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/things-cultivated-over-such-a-long-time-don-t-just-vanish-into/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b2/haruki-murakami-21_long-time_things-cultivated-over-such-a-long-time_1419938.jpg) > [“I focused on that point of light for a long, long time. It made me think of something like the final throb…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/i-focused-on-that-point-of-light-for-a-long-long-time-it-made-me/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/869/haruki-murakami-21_light_i-focused-on-that-point-of-light-for-a-l_72694.jpg) > [“I don't dream. Come to think of it, i haven't had any dreams in a long time.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/i-don-t-dream-come-to-think-of-it-i-haven-t-had-any-dreams-in-a-long/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/71a/haruki-murakami-21_dream_i-don-t-dream-come-to-think-of-it-i-have_2464702.jpg) > [For a long time, she held a special place in my heart. I kept this special place just for her, like a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/for-a-long-time-she-held-a-special-place-in-my-heart-i-kept-this/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dfb/haruki-murakami-21_facts_for-a-long-time-she-held-a-special-place_1444919.jpg) > [I spent thirty-three years in another man's shadow. I went everywhere he went, I helped him with everything he did. I was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/i-spent-thirty-three-years-in-another-man-s-shadow-i-went-everywhere/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/474/haruki-murakami-21_another-man_i-spent-thirty-three-years-in-another-ma_1060086.jpg) > [“I was attracted to her from the first time we talked, and soon there was no turning back. For a long time…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/i-was-attracted-to-her-from-the-first-time-we-talked-and-soon-there/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/49f/haruki-murakami-21_first-time_i-was-attracted-to-her-from-the-first-ti_862648.jpg) > [If a person remains tense for a long time he might not notice it himself, but it’s like his nerves are a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/if-a-person-remains-tense-for-a-long-time-he-might-not-notice-it/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e0/haruki-murakami-21_long_if-a-person-remains-tense-for-a-long-tim_602575.jpg) > [Of course you got rights, the law's on your side, but sometimes the law takes a long time to kick in and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/of-course-you-got-rights-the-law-s-on-your-side-but-sometimes-the-law/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c27/haruki-murakami-21_courses_of-course-you-got-rights-the-law-s-on-yo_996912.jpg) > [I've been lonely for so long. And I've been hurt so deeply. If only I could have met you again a long…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/i-ve-been-lonely-for-so-long-and-i-ve-been-hurt-so-deeply-if-only-i/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3fe/haruki-murakami-21_been-hurt_i-ve-been-lonely-for-so-long-and-i-ve-be_219933.jpg) > [“Twenty years was a long time. But Tengo knew that if he were to meet Aomame in another twenty years, he would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/twenty-years-was-a-long-time-but-tengo-knew-that-if-he-were-to-meet/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/00c/haruki-murakami-21_long-time_twenty-years-was-a-long-time-but-tengo-k_488140.jpg) > [“Seeing a lot of water like that every day is probably an important thing for human beings. For human beings might be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/seeing-a-lot-of-water-like-that-every-day-is-probably-an-important/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f65/haruki-murakami-21_every-day_seeing-a-lot-of-water-like-that-every-da_1752949.jpg) > [“Samsa sat there for a long time with his eyes closed. Then, making up his mind, he stood, grabbed his black walking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/samsa-sat-there-for-a-long-time-with-his-eyes-closed-then-making-up/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bfe/haruki-murakami-21_long-time_samsa-sat-there-for-a-long-time-with-his_2773533.jpg) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/you-re-here-i-continued-at-least-you-look-as-if-you-re-here-but-maybe/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd6/haruki-murakami-21_behinds_you-re-here-i-continued-at-least-you-loo_1385789.jpg) > [“Memories warm you up from the inside. But they also tear you apart.' ... 'Nakata's lived a long time, but as I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/memories-warm-you-up-from-the-inside-but-they-also-tear-you-apart-3/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b47/haruki-murakami-21_long-time_memories-warm-you-up-from-the-inside-but_2947518.jpg) > [“Where the road sloped upwards beyond the trees, I sat and looked towards the building where Naoko lived. It was easy to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/where-the-road-sloped-upwards-beyond-the-trees-i-sat-and-looked/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/004/haruki-murakami-21_light_where-the-road-sloped-upwards-beyond-the_1641591.jpg) > [Where the road sloped upward beyond the trees, I sat and looked toward the building where Naoko lived. It was easy to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/where-the-road-sloped-upward-beyond-the-trees-i-sat-and-looked-toward/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a12/haruki-murakami-21_alive_where-the-road-sloped-upward-beyond-the_2491821.jpg) > [“But how do you see you?" she asked. "Ever read The Brothers Karamazov?" I asked. "Once, a long time ago." "Well, toward…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/but-how-do-you-see-you-she-asked-ever-read-the-brothers-karamazov-i/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/602/haruki-murakami-21_brothers-karamazov_but-how-do-you-see-you-she-asked-ever-re_1870638.jpg) > [“Someday you will murder your father and be with your mother, he said.” Once I’ve spoken this, put this thought into concrete…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/someday-you-will-murder-your-father-and-be-with-your-mother-he-said/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/164/haruki-murakami-21_elementary-school_someday-you-will-murder-your-father-and_123326.jpg) > [“He wasn't normally conscious of it, but there was one part of his body that was extremely sensitive, somewhere along his back.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/he-wasn-t-normally-conscious-of-it-but-there-was-one-part-of-his-body/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eef/haruki-murakami-21_abstract-thinking_he-wasn-t-normally-conscious-of-it-but-t_1127732.jpg) > [“With Naoko gone, I went to sleep on the sofa. I hadn't intended to do so, but I fell into the kind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/with-naoko-gone-i-went-to-sleep-on-the-sofa-i-hadn-t-intended-to-do/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f26/haruki-murakami-21_long-time_with-naoko-gone-i-went-to-sleep-on-the-s_686741.jpg) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/it-s-not-just-that-i-m-dumb-nakata-s-empty-inside-i-finally/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5a5/haruki-murakami-21_books_it-s-not-just-that-i-m-dumb-nakata-s-emp_279738.jpg) > [“Any one who falls in love is searching for the missing pieces of themselves. So anyone who’s in love gets sad when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/any-one-who-falls-in-love-is-searching-for-the-missing-pieces-of/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3dd/haruki-murakami-21_fond-memories_any-one-who-falls-in-love-is-searching-f_1806296.jpg) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/nakata-s-empty-inside-i-finally-understand-that-nakata-s-like-a/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3bf/haruki-murakami-21_books_nakata-s-empty-inside-i-finally-understa_2826303.jpg) > [How about Proust's In Search of Lost Time?" Tamaru asked. "If you've never read it this would be a good opportunity to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/how-about-proust-s-in-search-of-lost-time-tamaru-asked-if-you-ve/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/504/haruki-murakami-21_good-opportunity_how-about-proust-s-in-search-of-lost-tim_303310.jpg) ## Other authors on Long time ## 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/long-time/haruki-murakami/#itemlist", "name": "24 Long time Quotes By Haruki Murakami", "numberOfItems": 24, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Things cultivated over such a long time don't just vanish into nothingness.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Haruki Murakami" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/things-cultivated-over-such-a-long-time-don-t-just-vanish-into/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b2/haruki-murakami-21_long-time_things-cultivated-over-such-a-long-time_1419938.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b2/haruki-murakami-21_long-time_things-cultivated-over-such-a-long-time_1419938.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b2/haruki-murakami-21_long-time_things-cultivated-over-such-a-long-time_1419938.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Things cultivated over such a long time don't just vanish into nothingness.” — Haruki Murakami", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“I focused on that point of light for a long, long time. 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And I've been hurt so deeply. If only I could have met you again a long time ago, then I wouldn't have had to take all these detours to get here.' Tengo shook his head. 'I don't think so. This way is just fine. This is exactly the right time. For both of us. 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His heart would be filled with the same joy and certainty.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Haruki Murakami" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/twenty-years-was-a-long-time-but-tengo-knew-that-if-he-were-to-meet/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/00c/haruki-murakami-21_long-time_twenty-years-was-a-long-time-but-tengo-k_488140.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/00c/haruki-murakami-21_long-time_twenty-years-was-a-long-time-but-tengo-k_488140.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/00c/haruki-murakami-21_long-time_twenty-years-was-a-long-time-but-tengo-k_488140.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Twenty years was a long time. 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The fact that I was raised near the sea might have something to do with it.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Haruki Murakami" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/seeing-a-lot-of-water-like-that-every-day-is-probably-an-important/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f65/haruki-murakami-21_every-day_seeing-a-lot-of-water-like-that-every-da_1752949.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f65/haruki-murakami-21_every-day_seeing-a-lot-of-water-like-that-every-da_1752949.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f65/haruki-murakami-21_every-day_seeing-a-lot-of-water-like-that-every-da_1752949.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Seeing a lot of water like that every day is probably an important thing for human beings. 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But then I understood, that misery could be limited to the future.\" \"I have no idea what you're talking about.\" \"Neither do I,\" I said. \"Not yet.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Haruki Murakami" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/but-how-do-you-see-you-she-asked-ever-read-the-brothers-karamazov-i/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/602/haruki-murakami-21_brothers-karamazov_but-how-do-you-see-you-she-asked-ever-re_1870638.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/602/haruki-murakami-21_brothers-karamazov_but-how-do-you-see-you-she-asked-ever-re_1870638.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/602/haruki-murakami-21_brothers-karamazov_but-how-do-you-see-you-she-asked-ever-re_1870638.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“But how do you see you?\" she asked. \"Ever read The Brothers Karamazov?\" I asked. \"Once, a long time ago.\"…” — Haruki Murakami", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 18, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Someday you will murder your father and be with your mother, he said.” Once I’ve spoken this, put this thought into concrete words, a hollow feeling grabs hold of me. 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This soft, subtle spot he couldn't reach was usually covered by something, so that it was invisible to the naked eye. But when, for whatever reason, that spot became exposed and someone's finger pressed down on it, something inside him would stir. A special substance would be secreted, swiftly carried by his bloodstream to every corner of his body. That special stimulus was both a physical sensation and a mental one, creating vivid images in his mind. The first time he met Sara, he felt an anonymous finger reach out and push down forcefully on that trigger on his back. The day they met they talked for a long time, though he couldn't recall much of what they said. What he did recall was the special feeling on his back, and the indefinably thrilling sensation it brought to his mind and body. One part of him relaxed, one part tightened up. That sort of feeling. But what did it mean? Tsukuru thought about it for days, but he was not, by nature, adept at abstract thinking. 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I dreamed of a butterfly dancing in the half-light.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Haruki Murakami" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/with-naoko-gone-i-went-to-sleep-on-the-sofa-i-hadn-t-intended-to-do/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f26/haruki-murakami-21_long-time_with-naoko-gone-i-went-to-sleep-on-the-s_686741.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f26/haruki-murakami-21_long-time_with-naoko-gone-i-went-to-sleep-on-the-s_686741.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f26/haruki-murakami-21_long-time_with-naoko-gone-i-went-to-sleep-on-the-s_686741.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“With Naoko gone, I went to sleep on the sofa. 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