“Had I done the right thing by not telling her? Maybe not. Who on earth wanted the right thing anyway? Yet what… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
Not just beautiful, though--the stars are like the trees in the forest, alive and breathing. And they're watching me. — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“I turned faceup on the slab of stone, gazed at the sky, and thought about all the man-made satellites spinning around the… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“The sky was painted over, a perfect uniform gray. On days like this the clouds probably absorbed the sounds from the surface… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“Aomame tried her best to keep her mind clear of any thoughts, but it was impossible not to think of anything. Nature… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“The people who build high, strong fences are the ones who survive the best. You deny that reality only at the risk… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“I'd always thought that the earth on which I stood was a solid object that would last forever. Or rather, I'd never… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“Losing you is most difficult for me, but the nature of my love for you is what matters. If it distorts into… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“Time weighs down on you like an old, ambiguous dream. You keep on moving, trying to slip through it. But even if… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“Is it possible to become friends with a butterfly?.. It is if you become a part of nature. You suppress your presence… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
Like most novelists, I like to do exactly the opposite of what I'm told. It's in my nature as a novelist. Novelists… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
When I was little, I had this science book. There was a section on 'What would happen to the world if there… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“This is the end,” Fuka-Eri informed him in a whisper. One sentence, as always. Time stopped, and the world ended. The earth… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“Whether or not the person I think of as me undergoes any essential changes, the earth never stops circling the sun at… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“The moon had been observing the earth close-up longer than anyone. It must have witnessed all of the phenomena occurring-and all of… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“The moon had been observing the earth close-up longer than anyone. It must have witnessed all of the phenomena occurring—and all of… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“Ayumi had a great emptiness inside her, like a desert at the edge of the earth. You could try watering it all… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
When you fall in love, the natural thing to do is give yourself to it. — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“When you fall in love, the natural thing to do is give yourself to it. That's what I think. It's just a… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“Things are so convenient for us these days, our perceptions are probably that much duller. Even if its the same moon hanging… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
I closed my eyes and listened carefully for the descendants of Sputnik, even now circling the earth, gravity their only tie to… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“The clouds looked like silent travelers headed for the edge of the earth.” — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“For it is just as sinful from the standpoint of nature and of truth to be above oneself as to be below… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
Strange and mysterious things, though, aren't they - earthquakes? We take it for granted that the earth beneath our feet is solid… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“If people who rely on natural spring of talent suddenly find they're exhausted their only source, they're in trouble.” — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
My very existence, my life in the world, seemed like a hallucination. A strong wind would make me think my body was… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“I sat on a somewhat higher sand dune and watched the eastern sky. Dawn in Mongolia was an amazing thing. In one… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
I could disappear from the face of the earth, and the world would go on moving without the slightest twinge. Things were… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
If writing novels is like planting a forest, then writing short stories is more like planting a garden. The two processes complement… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“For instance, supposing that the planet earth were not a sphere but a gigantic coffee table, how much difference in everyday life… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“Just because there's an end doesn't mean existence has meaning. An end point is simply set up as a temporary marker or… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“It was as natural and obvious to me as breathing. So I assumed that everyone else was doing it too. When I… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“I watched the moon alone, unable to share his cold beauty with anyone.” — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
The moon had been observing the earth close-up longer than anyone. It must have witnessed all of the phenomena occurring - and… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
The silence grew deeper, so deep that if you listened carefully you might very well catch the sound of the earth revolving… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“Cats can get by without names. We go by smell, shape, things of this nature. As long as we know these things,… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“Is it possible to become friends with a butterfly?" "It is if you first become a part of nature. You suppress your… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“Far away a crow caws. The earth slowly keeps on turning. But beyond any of those details there are dreams. And everyone´s… — 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
