--- title: "Best Memory Quotes by Haruki Murakami" description: "61 Memory quotes by Haruki Murakami. Plus more from Haruki Murakami and more Memory sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/920/haruki-murakami-21_fiction_memory-is-like-fiction-or-else-it-s-fict_717322.jpg" --- > [Memory is like fiction; or else it's fiction that's like memory.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/memory-is-like-fiction-or-else-it-s-fiction-that-s-like-memory/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/920/haruki-murakami-21_fiction_memory-is-like-fiction-or-else-it-s-fict_717322.jpg) > [ “The world \[...\] an endless battle of contrasting memories.” ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/the-world-an-endless-battle-of-contrasting-memories/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/076/haruki-murakami-21_memory_the-world-an-endless-battle-of-contrasti_1232618.jpg) > [Most everything you think you know about me is nothing more than memories.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/most-everything-you-think-you-know-about-me-is-nothing-more-than/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/247/haruki-murakami-21_know_most-everything-you-think-you-know-about_316308.jpg) > [I want you to remember me. If you remember me, then I dont care if everyone else forgets](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/i-want-you-to-remember-me-if-you-remember-me-then-i-dont-care-if/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/873/haruki-murakami-21_all-i-want-is-you_i-want-you-to-remember-me-if-you-remembe_2125135.jpg) > [I think history is collective memories. In writing, I'm using my own memory, and I'm using my collective memory.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/i-think-history-is-collective-memories-in-writing-i-m-using-my-own/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/95d/haruki-murakami-21_collective-memory_i-think-history-is-collective-memories-i_2259851.jpg) > [“I realize that all I can place in the imperfect vessel of writing are imperfect memories and imperfect thoughts.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/i-realize-that-all-i-can-place-in-the-imperfect-vessel-of-writing-are/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9fa/haruki-murakami-21_imperfect_i-realize-that-all-i-can-place-in-the-im_709003.jpg) > [“This was one of the problems with math department graduates. When it came to areas they weren't interested in, their memory was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/this-was-one-of-the-problems-with-math-department-graduates-when-it/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b9/haruki-murakami-21_education_this-was-one-of-the-problems-with-math-d_81758.jpg) > [“Everything was too sharp and clear, so that I could never tell where to start - the way a map that shows…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/everything-was-too-sharp-and-clear-so-that-i-could-never-tell-where/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/457/haruki-murakami-21_imperfect_everything-was-too-sharp-and-clear-so-th_830973.jpg) > [“Writing from memory like this, I often feel a pang of dread. What if I've forgotten the most important thing? What if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/writing-from-memory-like-this-i-often-feel-a-pang-of-dread-what-if-i/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d0e/haruki-murakami-21_fear_writing-from-memory-like-this-i-often-fe_903626.jpg) > [“Body cells replace themselves every month. Even at this very moment,” she said, thrusting a skinny back of her hand before my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/body-cells-replace-themselves-every-month-even-at-this-very-moment-2/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a6/haruki-murakami-21_memory_body-cells-replace-themselves-every-mont_1589079.jpg) > [“Memories warm you up from the inside. But they also tear you apart." Nakata shook his head. “That’s a tough one. Nakata…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/memories-warm-you-up-from-the-inside-but-they-also-tear-you-apart/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae8/haruki-murakami-21_memories_memories-warm-you-up-from-the-inside-but_637378.jpg) > [“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-3/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/997/haruki-murakami-21_life_you-know-what-i-think-she-says-that-peop_1324763.jpg) > [Our memory is made up of our individual memories and our collective memories. The two are intimately linked. And history is our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/our-memory-is-made-up-of-our-individual-memories-and-our-collective/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bae/haruki-murakami-21_ability_our-memory-is-made-up-of-our-individual_1513524.jpg) > [“All of a sudden out of nowhere I can bring back things I haven't thought about for years. It's pretty interesting. Memory…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/all-of-a-sudden-out-of-nowhere-i-can-bring-back-things-i-haven-t/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/796/haruki-murakami-21_important-things_all-of-a-sudden-out-of-nowhere-i-can-bri_1077415.jpg) > [“They had stolen my memories from me! Nobody had that right. Nobody! My memories belonged to me. Stealing memories was stealing time.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/they-had-stolen-my-memories-from-me-nobody-had-that-right-nobody-my/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/631/haruki-murakami-21_end-of-the-world_they-had-stolen-my-memories-from-me-nobo_364906.jpg) > [“Every one of us is losing something precious to us... Lost opportunities, lost possibilities, feelings we can never get back again. That's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/every-one-of-us-is-losing-something-precious-to-us-lost-opportunities/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f6b/haruki-murakami-21_fresh-air_every-one-of-us-is-losing-something-prec_1467500.jpg) > [“His mind floated in the amniotic fluid of memory, listening for echoes of the past. His father, meanwhile, had no idea that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/his-mind-floated-in-the-amniotic-fluid-of-memory-listening-for-echoes/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/39a/haruki-murakami-21_father-and-son_his-mind-floated-in-the-amniotic-fluid-o_2094599.jpg) > [“The majority of people dismiss those things that lie beyond the bounds of their own understanding as absurd and not worth thinking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/the-majority-of-people-dismiss-those-things-that-lie-beyond-the-2/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a7e/haruki-murakami-21_memories_the-majority-of-people-dismiss-those-thi_1469462.jpg) > [“Every one of us is losing something precious to us,” he says after the phone stops ringing. “Lost opportunities, lost possibilities, feelings…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/every-one-of-us-is-losing-something-precious-to-us-he-says-after-the/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/caf/haruki-murakami-21_fresh-air_every-one-of-us-is-losing-something-prec_1900553.jpg) > [Lost opportunities, lost possibilities, feelings we can never get back. That's part of what it means to be alive. But inside our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/lost-opportunities-lost-possibilities-feelings-we-can-never-get-back/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/330/haruki-murakami-21_air_lost-opportunities-lost-possibilities-fe_2898579.jpg) > [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-2/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/101/haruki-murakami-21_advertising_you-know-what-i-think-she-says-that-peop_939387.jpg) ## Other authors on Memory - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-nishan-panwar-14.jpg) Nishan Panwar 49 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/memory/nishan-panwar/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-ritu-ghatourey-5.jpg) Ritu Ghatourey 46 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/memory/ritu-ghatourey/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b014/author-joshua-foer-53651.jpg) Joshua Foer 46 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/memory/joshua-foer/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b016/author-marcel-proust-63212.jpg) Marcel Proust 44 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/memory/marcel-proust/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-john-green-51499.jpg) John Green 42 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/memory/john-green/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-jodi-picoult-50321.jpg) Jodi Picoult 37 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/memory/jodi-picoult/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-milan-kundera-68231.jpg) Milan Kundera 33 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/memory/milan-kundera/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-usman-ismaheel-1901.jpg) Usman Ismaheel 28 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/memory/usman-ismaheel/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-oscar-wilde-72846.jpg) Oscar Wilde 28 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/memory/oscar-wilde/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-daniel-kahneman-26483.jpg) Daniel Kahneman 26 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/memory/daniel-kahneman/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-carlos-ruiz-zafon-21137.jpg) Carlos Ruiz Zafón 26 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/memory/carlos-ruiz-zafon/) ## 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/memory/haruki-murakami/#itemlist", "name": "Best Memory Quotes by Haruki Murakami", "numberOfItems": 21, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Memory is like fiction; or else it's fiction that's like memory.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Haruki Murakami" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/memory-is-like-fiction-or-else-it-s-fiction-that-s-like-memory/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/920/haruki-murakami-21_fiction_memory-is-like-fiction-or-else-it-s-fict_717322.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/920/haruki-murakami-21_fiction_memory-is-like-fiction-or-else-it-s-fict_717322.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/920/haruki-murakami-21_fiction_memory-is-like-fiction-or-else-it-s-fict_717322.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Memory is like fiction; or else it's fiction that's like memory.” — Haruki Murakami", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“The world [...] an endless battle of contrasting memories.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Haruki Murakami" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/the-world-an-endless-battle-of-contrasting-memories/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/076/haruki-murakami-21_memory_the-world-an-endless-battle-of-contrasti_1232618.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/076/haruki-murakami-21_memory_the-world-an-endless-battle-of-contrasti_1232618.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/076/haruki-murakami-21_memory_the-world-an-endless-battle-of-contrasti_1232618.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The world [...] an endless battle of contrasting memories.” — Haruki Murakami", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Most everything you think you know about me is nothing more than memories.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Haruki Murakami" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/most-everything-you-think-you-know-about-me-is-nothing-more-than/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/247/haruki-murakami-21_know_most-everything-you-think-you-know-about_316308.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/247/haruki-murakami-21_know_most-everything-you-think-you-know-about_316308.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/247/haruki-murakami-21_know_most-everything-you-think-you-know-about_316308.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Most everything you think you know about me is nothing more than memories.” — Haruki Murakami", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I want you to remember me. 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