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title: "61 Memory Quotes By Haruki Murakami"
description: "Memory quotes by Haruki Murakami explore fiction, aging and the value of recollection."
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> [That's what the world is , after all: an endless battle of contrasting memories.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/that-s-what-the-world-is-after-all-an-endless-battle-of-contrasting/)

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> [Please remember: things are not what they seem.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/please-remember-things-are-not-what-they-seem/)

[Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/)

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> [You can hide memories, but you can’t erase the history that produced them](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/you-can-hide-memories-but-you-can-t-erase-the-history-that-produced-2/)

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> [“People leave strange little memories behind when they die.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/people-leave-strange-little-memories-behind-when-they-die/)

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> [No matter how much suffering you went through, you never wanted to let go of those memories.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/no-matter-how-much-suffering-you-went-through-you-never-wanted-to-let/)

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> [“Music has that power to revive memories, sometimes so intensely that they hurt.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/music-has-that-power-to-revive-memories-sometimes-so-intensely-that/)

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> [Precipitate as weather, she appeared from somewhere, then evaporated, leaving only memory.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/precipitate-as-weather-she-appeared-from-somewhere-then-evaporated/)

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> [“Tengo made a point of asking people how old they were at the time of their first memory.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/tengo-made-a-point-of-asking-people-how-old-they-were-at-the-time-of/)

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> [Memories and thoughts age, just as people do. But certain thoughts can never age, and certain memories can never fade.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/memories-and-thoughts-age-just-as-people-do-but-certain-thoughts-can/)

[Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/)

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> [“You know what I think?" she says. "That people's memories are maybe the fuel they burn to stay alive.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/you-know-what-i-think-she-says-that-people-s-memories-are-maybe-the-4/)

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> [Memory is so crazy! It's like we've got these drawers crammed with tons of useless stuff. Meanwhile, all the really important things…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/memory-is-so-crazy-it-s-like-we-ve-got-these-drawers-crammed-with/)

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> [“Commonplace they might be, but the accumulation of these memories has led to one result: me.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/commonplace-they-might-be-but-the-accumulation-of-these-memories-has/)

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> [“Or maybe the ... shock of it started me covering up all kinds of memories the way a squirrel hides a nut…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/or-maybe-the-shock-of-it-started-me-covering-up-all-kinds-of-memories/)

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> [I want you always to remember me. Will you remember that I existed, and that I stood next to you here like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/i-want-you-always-to-remember-me-will-you-remember-that-i-existed-and/)

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> [People's memories are maybe the fuel they burn to stay alive. Whether those memories have any actual importance or not, it doesn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/people-s-memories-are-maybe-the-fuel-they-burn-to-stay-alive-whether/)

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> [“Body cells replace themselves every month. Even at this very moment. Most everything you think you know about me is nothing more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/body-cells-replace-themselves-every-month-even-at-this-very-moment/)

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> [“Everyone of us is losing something precious to us. Lost opportunities, lost possibilities, feelings we can never get back again. That's part…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/everyone-of-us-is-losing-something-precious-to-us-lost-opportunities/)

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> [“Memory works in different ways for everybody. Different capacities, different directions, too. Sometimes memory helps you think, sometimes it impedes. Doesn’t mean…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/memory-works-in-different-ways-for-everybody-different-capacities/)

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> [“You can hide memories, suppress them, but you can’t erase the history that produced them.’ Sara looked directly into his eyes. ‘If…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/you-can-hide-memories-suppress-them-but-you-can-t-erase-the-history/)

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> [“Memory is a funny thing. When I was in the scene, I hardly paid it any mind. I never stopped to think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/memory-is-a-funny-thing-when-i-was-in-the-scene-i-hardly-paid-it-any/)

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> [What if I’ve forgotten the most important thing? What if somewhere inside me there is a dark limbo where all the truly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/what-if-i-ve-forgotten-the-most-important-thing-what-if-somewhere/)

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> [“The ones who did it can always rationalize their actions and even forget what they did. They can turn away from things…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/the-ones-who-did-it-can-always-rationalize-their-actions-and-even/)

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> [“You can hide memories, but you can’t erase the history that produced them.” Sara looked directly into his eyes. “If nothing else,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/you-can-hide-memories-but-you-can-t-erase-the-history-that-produced/)

[Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/)

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> [“She knew that my memories of her would fade. Which is precisely why she begged me never to forget her, to remember…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/she-knew-that-my-memories-of-her-would-fade-which-is-precisely-why/)

[Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/)

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> [Memory is like fiction; or else it's fiction that's like memory. This really came home to me once I started writing fiction,…](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/)

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> [“Memory is like fiction; or else it's fiction that's like memory. This really came home to me once I started writing fiction,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/memory-is-like-fiction-or-else-it-s-fiction-that-s-like-memory-this-2/)

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> [“I gained great pleasure from my body back then. I gave great pleasure with it, too, if you know what I mean.”…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/i-gained-great-pleasure-from-my-body-back-then-i-gave-great-pleasure-2/)

[Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/)

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> [I think memory is the most important asset of human beings. It's a kind of fuel; it burns and it warms you.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/i-think-memory-is-the-most-important-asset-of-human-beings-it-s-a/)

[Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/)

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> [“Memory is a funny thing. When I was in the scene, I hardly paid it any mind. I never stopped to think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/memory-is-a-funny-thing-when-i-was-in-the-scene-i-hardly-paid-it-any-2/)

[Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/)

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> [“You know what I think?" she says. "That people's memories are maybe the fuel they burn to stay alive. Whether those memories…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/you-know-what-i-think-she-says-that-people-s-memories-are-maybe-the/)

[Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/)

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> [“Because memory and sensations are so uncertain, so biased, we always rely on a certain reality-call it an alternate reality-to prove the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/because-memory-and-sensations-are-so-uncertain-so-biased-we-always/)

[Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/)

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> [“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/)

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> [“The sad truth is that what I could recall in five seconds all too soon needed ten, then thirty, then a full…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/the-sad-truth-is-that-what-i-could-recall-in-five-seconds-all-too-2/)

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> [“Were the stars out when I left the house last evening? All I could remember was the couple in the Skyline listening…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/were-the-stars-out-when-i-left-the-house-last-evening-all-i-could/)

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> [People's memories are maybe the fuel they burn to stay alive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/people-s-memories-are-maybe-the-fuel-they-burn-to-stay-alive/)

[Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/)

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> [People leave strange little memories of themselves behind when they die.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/people-leave-strange-little-memories-of-themselves-behind-when-they/)

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> [Memories are what warm you up from the inside. But they're also what tear you apart.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/memories-are-what-warm-you-up-from-the-inside-but-they-re-also-what/)

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> [“Memories feign through scarcely perceived doors of my being.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/memories-feign-through-scarcely-perceived-doors-of-my-being/)

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> [The faintest gleam of their lost memories glimmered for the briefest moment in their hearts.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/the-faintest-gleam-of-their-lost-memories-glimmered-for-the-briefest/)

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> [“As time passes, memory, inevitably, reconstitutes itself.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/as-time-passes-memory-inevitably-reconstitutes-itself/)

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## 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/)

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> [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/)

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> [“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/)

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> [“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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [“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/)

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                        "text": "“I gained great pleasure from my body back then. I gave great pleasure with it, too, if you know what I mean.” “I do,” Aomame said. “And are you enjoying yours?” “Now and then,” Aomame said. “Now and then may not be enough,” the dowager said, lying facedown again. “You have to enjoy it while you’re still young. Enjoy it to the fullest. You can use the memories of what you did to warm your body after you get old and can’t do it anymore.” Aomame recalled the night before. Her anus still retained a slight feeling of having been penetrated. Would memories of this actually warm her body in old age?”",
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                        "text": "“Memory is a funny thing. When I was in the scene, I hardly paid it any mind. I never stopped to think of it as something that would make a lasting impression, certainly never imagined that eighteen years later I would recall it in such detail. I didn't give a damn about the scenery that day. I was thinking about myself. I was thinking about the beautiful girl walking next to me. I was thinking about the two of us together, and then about myself again. It was the age, that time of life when every sight, every feeling, every thought came back, like a boomerang, to me. And worse, I was in love. Love with complications. The scenery was the last thing on my mind.”",
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