Confidence; as a teenager? Because I knew what I loved. I loved to read; I loved to listen to music; and I… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“That's what love's all about, Kafka. You're the one having those wonderful feelings, but you have to go it alone as you… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
If you do anything out of the ordinary, you can be sure someone, somewhere, will get upset. — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“Do you think you weren’t loved enough?” She tilted her head and looked at me. Then she gave a sharp, little nod.… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
It's not right for one friend to do all the giving and the other to do all the taking: that's not read… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“Why does loving somebody mean you have to hurt them just as much? I mean if that’s the way it goes, what’s… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“It’s true I’ve got a cold streak. I recognize that. But if they—my father and mother—had loved me a little more, I… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“I could feel a small polished stone sinking through the darkest waters of my heart. All those deep convoluted channels and passageways,… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“Memory is a funny thing. When I was in the scene, I hardly paid it any mind. I never stopped to think… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“So that’s how we live our lives. No matter how deep and fatal the loss, no matter how important the thing that's… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
How many times have you said, 'This is it. I've finally found my one true love'? And how many times has the… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“Yup, you're in a strange position, all right. You're in love with a girl who is no more, jealous of a boy… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“And I really wanted to see you, too," she said. "When I couldn’t see you any more, I realized that. It was… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“Still, the time I spent with her was more precious than anything. She helped me forget the undertone of loneliness in my… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
Loving another person is a wonderful thing, and if that love is sincere, no one ends up tossed into a labyrinth. You… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“At the time it didn’t mean much, but now, at this age, I’ve finally experienced what the poet felt. The deep sense… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“The three of them left the noodle shop and went to a nearby love hotel. It was on the edge of town,… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
I think you still love me, but we can’t escape the fact that I’m not enough for you. I knew this was… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
You and he might never cross paths again. Of course, a chance meeting could occur, and I hope it happens. I really… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
To me, love is a pure idea forged in flesh, awkwardly maybe, but it had to connect to somewhere, despite twists and… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“I must be in love with this woman, Sumire realized with a start. No mistake about it. Ice is cold; roses are… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“We keep moving. And as we do, the things around us, well, they disappear.” — 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
