I've never met a girl who thinks like you." "A lot of people tell me that," she said, digging at a cuticle.… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
I've been lonely for so long. And I've been hurt so deeply. If only I could have met you again a long… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
She was, if anything, on the plain side, at least not the type to attract men wherever she went. But there was… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
The world in books seemed so much more alive to me than anything outside. I could see things I'd never seen before.… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
Kumiko and I felt something for each other from the beginning. It was not one of those strong, impulsive feelings that can… — 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
As I see it, you are living with something that you keep hidden deep inside. Something heavy. I felt it from the… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
When I first met you, I felt a kind of contradiction in you. You’re seeking something, but at the same time, you… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
We heard no other sounds. We met no other people. We saw only two bright red birds leap startled from the center… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
The world in books seemed so much more alive to me than anything outside. I could see things I'd never seen before.… — 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