Memory is like fiction; or else it's fiction that's like memory. This really came home to me once I started writing fiction,… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“You know what I think?" she says. "That people's memories are maybe the fuel they burn to stay alive. Whether those memories… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“This was one of the problems with math department graduates. When it came to areas they weren't interested in, their memory was… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“The sad truth is that what I could recall in five seconds all too soon needed ten, then thirty, then a full… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
I think memory is the most important asset of human beings. It's a kind of fuel; it burns and it warms you.… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“Because memory and sensations are so uncertain, so biased, we always rely on a certain reality-call it an alternate reality-to prove the… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
Most everything you think you know about me is nothing more than memories. — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
Memories and thoughts age, just as people do. But certain thoughts can never age, and certain memories can never fade. — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“They had stolen my memories from me! Nobody had that right. Nobody! My memories belonged to me. Stealing memories was stealing time.… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“Body cells replace themselves every month. Even at this very moment. Most everything you think you know about me is nothing more… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
No matter how much suffering you went through, you never wanted to let go of those memories. — 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,… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“Memories warm you up from the inside. But they also tear you apart." Nakata shook his head. “That’s a tough one. Nakata… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“I realize that all I can place in the imperfect vessel of writing are imperfect memories and imperfect thoughts.” — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“The ones who did it can always rationalize their actions and even forget what they did. They can turn away from things… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“Everything was too sharp and clear, so that I could never tell where to start - the way a map that shows… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“Writing from memory like this, I often feel a pang of dread. What if I've forgotten the most important thing? What if… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
You know what I think?" she says. "That people's memories are maybe the fuel they burn to stay alive. Whether those memories… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“You can hide memories, but you can’t erase the history that produced them.” Sara looked directly into his eyes. “If nothing else,… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
People's memories are maybe the fuel they burn to stay alive. Whether those memories have any actual importance or not, it doesn't… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
That's what the world is , after all: an endless battle of contrasting memories. — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
Memory is so crazy! It's like we've got these drawers crammed with tons of useless stuff. Meanwhile, all the really important things… — 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
