--- title: "20 Next Quotes By Haruki Murakami" description: "20 Next quotes by Haruki Murakami. Plus more from Haruki Murakami and more Next sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e8/haruki-murakami-21_afraid_i-wasn-t-particularly-afraid-of-death-it_3104614.jpg" --- > [I wasn't particularly afraid of death itself. As Shakespeare said, die this year and you don't have to die the next.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/i-wasn-t-particularly-afraid-of-death-itself-as-shakespeare-said-die/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e8/haruki-murakami-21_afraid_i-wasn-t-particularly-afraid-of-death-it_3104614.jpg) > [I never plan. I never know what the next page is going to be… But that's the fun of writing a novel…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/i-never-plan-i-never-know-what-the-next-page-is-going-to-be-but-that/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e5f/haruki-murakami-21_fun_i-never-plan-i-never-know-what-the-next_2281274.jpg) > [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/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4dc/haruki-murakami-21_i-want-you_i-want-you-always-to-remember-me-will-yo_2659618.jpg) > [You’re optimistic one moment, only to be racked the next by the certainty that it will all fall to pieces. And in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/you-re-optimistic-one-moment-only-to-be-racked-the-next-by-the/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6af/haruki-murakami-21_certainty_you-re-optimistic-one-moment-only-to-be_2030268.jpg) > [One listless day followed another, with nothing to distinguish one from the next. You could have changed the order and no one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/one-listless-day-followed-another-with-nothing-to-distinguish-one/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f57/haruki-murakami-21_changed_one-listless-day-followed-another-with-n_24461.jpg) > [I never made any plan before writing, however I succeeded. I enjoyed writing with excitement ,"what happen on the next page?"](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/i-never-made-any-plan-before-writing-however-i-succeeded-i-enjoyed/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/21b/haruki-murakami-21_enjoyed_i-never-made-any-plan-before-writing-how_2975654.jpg) > [And when you come back to Japan next summer, let's have that date or whatever you want to call it. We can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/and-when-you-come-back-to-japan-next-summer-let-s-have-that-date-or/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/faa/haruki-murakami-21_aquariums_and-when-you-come-back-to-japan-next-sum_144073.jpg) > [Closing your eyes isn't going to change anything. Nothing is going to disappear just because you can't see what is going on.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/closing-your-eyes-isn-t-going-to-change-anything-nothing-is-going-to/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/321/haruki-murakami-21_closing_closing-your-eyes-isn-t-going-to-change_1752102.jpg) > [When the orbits of these two satellites of ours happened to cross paths, we could be together. Maybe even open our hearts…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/when-the-orbits-of-these-two-satellites-of-ours-happened-to-cross/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/58c/haruki-murakami-21_burned_when-the-orbits-of-these-two-satellites_2945233.jpg) > [I myself, as I'm writing, don't know who did it. The readers and I are on the same ground. When I start…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/i-myself-as-i-m-writing-don-t-know-who-did-it-the-readers-and-i-are/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b1d/haruki-murakami-21_book_i-myself-as-i-m-writing-don-t-know-who-d_2766956.jpg) > [Since I have come to America, I am often asked whether my next novel will be set in America. I don't think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/since-i-have-come-to-america-i-am-often-asked-whether-my-next-novel/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/94c/haruki-murakami-21_america_since-i-have-come-to-america-i-am-often_2730631.jpg) > [The good thing about writing books is that you can dream while you are awake. If it’s a real dream, you cannot…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/the-good-thing-about-writing-books-is-that-you-can-dream-while-you/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/532/haruki-murakami-21_awake_the-good-thing-about-writing-books-is-th_2583205.jpg) > [Sometimes I find it too hot to run, and sometimes too cold. Or too cloudy. But I still go running. I know…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/sometimes-i-find-it-too-hot-to-run-and-sometimes-too-cold-or-too/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e56/haruki-murakami-21_body_sometimes-i-find-it-too-hot-to-run-and-s_850669.jpg) > [No truth can cure the sorrow we feel from losing a loved one. No truth, no sincerity, no strength, no kindness can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/no-truth-can-cure-the-sorrow-we-feel-from-losing-a-loved-one-no-truth/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/91a/haruki-murakami-21_cures_no-truth-can-cure-the-sorrow-we-feel-fro_1972170.jpg) > [If writing novels is like planting a forest, then writing short stories is more like planting a garden. The two processes complement…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/if-writing-novels-is-like-planting-a-forest-then-writing-short-2/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/70f/haruki-murakami-21_bees_if-writing-novels-is-like-planting-a-for_2553212.jpg) > [And it came to me then. That we were wonderful traveling companions but in the end no more than lonely lumps of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/and-it-came-to-me-then-that-we-were-wonderful-traveling-companions/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/42d/haruki-murakami-21_beautiful_and-it-came-to-me-then-that-we-were-wond_3209023.jpg) > [Oshima's silent for a time as he gazes at the forest, eyes narrowed. Birds are flitting from one branch to the next.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/oshima-s-silent-for-a-time-as-he-gazes-at-the-forest-eyes-narrowed/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/adb/haruki-murakami-21_bears_oshima-s-silent-for-a-time-as-he-gazes-a_3157495.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) > [Most people dream a dream when they are asleep. But to be a writer, you have to dream while you are awake,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/most-people-dream-a-dream-when-they-are-asleep-but-to-be-a-writer-you/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/26b/haruki-murakami-21_after_most-people-dream-a-dream-when-they-are_216286.jpg) > [An expectation was there, mixed in with so many other emotions - excitement, resignation, hesitation, confusion, fear - that would well up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/an-expectation-was-there-mixed-in-with-so-many-other-emotions/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/41e/haruki-murakami-21_certainty_an-expectation-was-there-mixed-in-with-s_1493772.jpg) ## Other authors on Next ## 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/next/haruki-murakami/#itemlist", "name": "20 Next Quotes By Haruki Murakami", "numberOfItems": 20, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I wasn't particularly afraid of death itself. 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