“Then, all but instinctively, I took her in my arms. Pressed against me, her whole body trembling, she continued to cry without… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“I don't know, it's stupid being 20," she said. "I'm just not ready. It feels weird. Like somebody's pushing me from behind.” — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“I'd like to have a good long talk with you once you've calmed down. Please call me soon. Happy Birthday.” — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
And so they parted, she to the east, and he to the west. The test they had agreed upon, however, was utterly… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“I don't deserve a girl like Hatsumi," Nagasawa once said to me. I had to agree with him.” — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“My words did not seem to reach her. Or, if they did, she was unable to grasp their meaning.” — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“He stopped complaining, but now I was annoyed. I went to the roof and drank alone.” — 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
