--- title: "22 Moving Quotes By Haruki Murakami" description: "22 Moving quotes by Haruki Murakami. Plus more from Haruki Murakami and more Moving sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/269/haruki-murakami-21_moving_i-move-therefore-i-am-2321734_2321734.jpg" --- > [I move, therefore I am.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/i-move-therefore-i-am/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/269/haruki-murakami-21_moving_i-move-therefore-i-am-2321734_2321734.jpg) > [Time moves in it special way in the middle of the night.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/time-moves-in-it-special-way-in-the-middle-of-the-night/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/abe/haruki-murakami-21_middle_time-moves-in-it-special-way-in-the-midd_1542065.jpg) > [To keep on going, you have to keep up the rhythm.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/to-keep-on-going-you-have-to-keep-up-the-rhythm/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4f7/haruki-murakami-21_going_to-keep-on-going-you-have-to-keep-up-the_2654725.jpg) > [As long as I kept my body moving I could forget about the emptiness inside.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/as-long-as-i-kept-my-body-moving-i-could-forget-about-the-emptiness/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/93c/haruki-murakami-21_body_as-long-as-i-kept-my-body-moving-i-could_3223710.jpg) > [“We keep moving. And as we do, the things around us, well, they disappear.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/we-keep-moving-and-as-we-do-the-things-around-us-well-they-disappear/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/af4/haruki-murakami-21_change_we-keep-moving-and-as-we-do-the-things-a_2846356.jpg) > [Animals that not only move by their own free will and share feelings with people but also possess sight and hearing qualify…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/animals-that-not-only-move-by-their-own-free-will-and-share-feelings/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/402/haruki-murakami-21_animal_animals-that-not-only-move-by-their-own_1999937.jpg) > [It's true though: time moves in its own special way in the middle of the night," the bartender says, loudly striking a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/it-s-true-though-time-moves-in-its-own-special-way-in-the-middle-of/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ebd/haruki-murakami-21_bartender_it-s-true-though-time-moves-in-its-own-s_2428810.jpg) > [Let the world move along as it pleased. If it had any business with him, it would be sure to tell him.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/let-the-world-move-along-as-it-pleased-if-it-had-any-business-with/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c61/haruki-murakami-21_business_let-the-world-move-along-as-it-pleased-i_1498532.jpg) > [I could disappear from the face of the earth, and the world would go on moving without the slightest twinge. Things were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/i-could-disappear-from-the-face-of-the-earth-and-the-world-would-go/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a59/haruki-murakami-21_clear_i-could-disappear-from-the-face-of-the-e_2309966.jpg) > [It's like the Tibetan Wheel of the Passions. As the wheel turns, the values and feelings on the outer rim rise and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/it-s-like-the-tibetan-wheel-of-the-passions-as-the-wheel-turns-the/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/927/haruki-murakami-21_darkness_it-s-like-the-tibetan-wheel-of-the-passi_1762092.jpg) > [From the girl who sat before me now...surged a fresh and physical life force. She was like a small animal that has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/from-the-girl-who-sat-before-me-now-surged-a-fresh-and-physical-life/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f6f/haruki-murakami-21_age_from-the-girl-who-sat-before-me-now-surg_3178801.jpg) > [Ever since time began (when was that, I wonder?), it's been moving ever forward without a moment's rest. And one of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/ever-since-time-began-when-was-that-i-wonder-it-s-been-moving-ever/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/073/haruki-murakami-21_avoided_ever-since-time-began-when-was-that-i-wo_1728975.jpg) > [She was a keen observer, a precise user of language, sharp-tongued and funny. She could stir your emotions. Yes, really, that's what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/she-was-a-keen-observer-a-precise-user-of-language-sharp-tongued-and/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/781/haruki-murakami-21_emotion_she-was-a-keen-observer-a-precise-user-o_1790303.jpg) > [People want to be bowled over by something special. Nine times out of ten you might strike out, but that tenth time,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/people-want-to-be-bowled-over-by-something-special-nine-times-out-of/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9fa/haruki-murakami-21_art_people-want-to-be-bowled-over-by-somethi_791973.jpg) > [No, I don't want your money. The world moves less by money than by what you owe people and what they owe…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/no-i-don-t-want-your-money-the-world-moves-less-by-money-than-by-what/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa0/haruki-murakami-21_lending_no-i-don-t-want-your-money-the-world-mov_2791262.jpg) > [You couldn’t begin to imagine who I am, where I’m going, or what I’m about to do, All of you are trapped…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/you-couldn-t-begin-to-imagine-who-i-am-where-i-m-going-or-what-i-m/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d2c/haruki-murakami-21_accomplish_you-couldn-t-begin-to-imagine-who-i-am-w_2380150.jpg) > [I was twenty-one at the time, about to turn twenty-two. No prospect of graduating soon, and yet no reason to quit school.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/i-was-twenty-one-at-the-time-about-to-turn-twenty-two-no-prospect-of/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b1d/haruki-murakami-21_autumn_i-was-twenty-one-at-the-time-about-to-tu_1596909.jpg) > [Once, when I was younger, I thought I could be someone else. I'd move to Casablanca, open a bar, and I'd meet…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/once-when-i-was-younger-i-thought-i-could-be-someone-else-i-d-move-to/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b2c/haruki-murakami-21_america_once-when-i-was-younger-i-thought-i-coul_2880136.jpg) > [“It was a narrow world, a world that was standing still. But the narrower it became, the more it betook of stillness,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/it-was-a-narrow-world-a-world-that-was-standing-still-but-the/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d61/haruki-murakami-21_bird_it-was-a-narrow-world-a-world-that-was-s_1840121.jpg) > [I stare at her chest. As she breathes, the rounded peaks move up and down like the swell of waves, somehow reminding…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/i-stare-at-her-chest-as-she-breathes-the-rounded-peaks-move-up-and/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/177/haruki-murakami-21_blanket_i-stare-at-her-chest-as-she-breathes-the_1407878.jpg) > [In this world, there is no absolute good, no absolute evil," the man said. "Good and evil are not fixed, stable entities,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/in-this-world-there-is-no-absolute-good-no-absolute-evil-the-man-said/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/721/haruki-murakami-21_balance_in-this-world-there-is-no-absolute-good_2334915.jpg) > [Time passes slowly. Nobody says a word, everyone lost in quiet reading. One person sits at a desk jotting down notes, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/time-passes-slowly-nobody-says-a-word-everyone-lost-in-quiet-reading/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ae/haruki-murakami-21_desks_time-passes-slowly-nobody-says-a-word-ev_2899816.jpg) ## Other authors on Moving ## 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/moving/haruki-murakami/#itemlist", "name": "22 Moving Quotes By Haruki Murakami", "numberOfItems": 22, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I move, therefore I am.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Haruki Murakami" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/i-move-therefore-i-am/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/269/haruki-murakami-21_moving_i-move-therefore-i-am-2321734_2321734.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/269/haruki-murakami-21_moving_i-move-therefore-i-am-2321734_2321734.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/269/haruki-murakami-21_moving_i-move-therefore-i-am-2321734_2321734.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I move, therefore I am.” — Haruki Murakami", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Time moves in it special way in the middle of the night.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Haruki Murakami" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/time-moves-in-it-special-way-in-the-middle-of-the-night/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/abe/haruki-murakami-21_middle_time-moves-in-it-special-way-in-the-midd_1542065.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/abe/haruki-murakami-21_middle_time-moves-in-it-special-way-in-the-midd_1542065.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/abe/haruki-murakami-21_middle_time-moves-in-it-special-way-in-the-midd_1542065.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Time moves in it special way in the middle of the night.” — Haruki Murakami", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "To keep on going, you have to keep up the rhythm.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Haruki Murakami" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/to-keep-on-going-you-have-to-keep-up-the-rhythm/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4f7/haruki-murakami-21_going_to-keep-on-going-you-have-to-keep-up-the_2654725.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4f7/haruki-murakami-21_going_to-keep-on-going-you-have-to-keep-up-the_2654725.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4f7/haruki-murakami-21_going_to-keep-on-going-you-have-to-keep-up-the_2654725.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“To keep on going, you have to keep up the rhythm.” — Haruki Murakami", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "As long as I kept my body moving I could forget about the emptiness inside.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Haruki Murakami" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/as-long-as-i-kept-my-body-moving-i-could-forget-about-the-emptiness/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/93c/haruki-murakami-21_body_as-long-as-i-kept-my-body-moving-i-could_3223710.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/93c/haruki-murakami-21_body_as-long-as-i-kept-my-body-moving-i-could_3223710.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/93c/haruki-murakami-21_body_as-long-as-i-kept-my-body-moving-i-could_3223710.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“As long as I kept my body moving I could forget about the emptiness inside.” — Haruki Murakami", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“We keep moving. 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