--- title: "16 Perfect Quotes By Haruki Murakami" description: "16 Perfect quotes by Haruki Murakami. Plus more from Haruki Murakami and more Perfect sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/29b/haruki-murakami-21_a-perfect-world_don-t-pointless-things-have-a-place-too_1157321.jpg" --- > [Don't pointless things have a place, too, in this far-from-perfect world?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/don-t-pointless-things-have-a-place-too-in-this-far-from-perfect-world/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/29b/haruki-murakami-21_a-perfect-world_don-t-pointless-things-have-a-place-too_1157321.jpg) > [All imperfections are forced upon the imperfect, so the 'perfect' can live content and oblivious.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/all-imperfections-are-forced-upon-the-imperfect-so-the-perfect-can/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e8c/haruki-murakami-21_happiness_all-imperfections-are-forced-upon-the-im_339004.jpg) > [There's no such thing as perfect writing, just like there's no such thing as perfect despair.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/there-s-no-such-thing-as-perfect-writing-just-like-there-s-no-such/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/032/haruki-murakami-21_despair_there-s-no-such-thing-as-perfect-writing_2420094.jpg) > [“We survived. You and I. And those who survive have a duty. Our duty is to do our best to keep on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/we-survived-you-and-i-and-those-who-survive-have-a-duty-our-duty-is/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef0/haruki-murakami-21_duty_we-survived-you-and-i-and-those-who-surv_1094974.jpg) > [ Potentiality knocks on the door of my heart. \[On Seeing The 100% Perfect Girl One Beautiful April Morning \] ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/potentiality-knocks-on-the-door-of-my-heart-on-seeing-the-100-perfect/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a55/haruki-murakami-21_april_potentiality-knocks-on-the-door-of-my-he_915796.jpg) > [Don't pointless things have a place, too, in this far-from-perfect world? Remove everything pointless from an imperfect life, and it'd lose even…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/don-t-pointless-things-have-a-place-too-in-this-far-from-perfect/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c3/haruki-murakami-21_a-perfect-world_don-t-pointless-things-have-a-place-too_795500.jpg) > [Listen up—there’s no war that will end all wars,’ Crow tells me. ‘War breeds war. Lapping up the blood shed by violence,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/listen-up-there-s-no-war-that-will-end-all-wars-crow-tells-me-war/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/07d/haruki-murakami-21_blood_listen-up-there-s-no-war-that-will-end-a_2243626.jpg) > [It might not be perfect, but the fundamental stance I adopted with regard to my home was to accept it, problems and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/it-might-not-be-perfect-but-the-fundamental-stance-i-adopted-with/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4b4/haruki-murakami-21_accepting_it-might-not-be-perfect-but-the-fundamen_910176.jpg) > [They sat on a park bench, held hands, and told each other their stories hour after hour. They were not lonely anymore.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/they-sat-on-a-park-bench-held-hands-and-told-each-other-their-stories/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5c2/haruki-murakami-21_after-hours_they-sat-on-a-park-bench-held-hands-and_1404800.jpg) > [There wasn't a cloud in the sky, no wind, and everything was quiet around us - all we could hear were birds…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/there-wasn-t-a-cloud-in-the-sky-no-wind-and-everything-was-quiet/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ee/haruki-murakami-21_bird_there-wasn-t-a-cloud-in-the-sky-no-wind_783689.jpg) > [Is it possible, in the final analysis, for one human being to achieve perfect understanding of another? We can invest enormous time…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/is-it-possible-in-the-final-analysis-for-one-human-being-to-achieve/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/583/haruki-murakami-21_achieve_is-it-possible-in-the-final-analysis-for_3028495.jpg) > [To me, love is a pure idea forged in flesh, awkwardly maybe, but it had to connect to somewhere, despite twists and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/to-me-love-is-a-pure-idea-forged-in-flesh-awkwardly-maybe-but-it-had/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/748/haruki-murakami-21_cables_to-me-love-is-a-pure-idea-forged-in-fles_2822224.jpg) > [And so they parted, she to the east, and he to the west. The test they had agreed upon, however, was utterly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/and-so-they-parted-she-to-the-east-and-he-to-the-west-the-test-they/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/46b/haruki-murakami-21_cold_and-so-they-parted-she-to-the-east-and-h_1675605.jpg) > [I guess I've been waiting so long I'm looking for perfection. That makes it tough." "Waiting for perfect love?" "No, even I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/i-guess-i-ve-been-waiting-so-long-i-m-looking-for-perfection-that-2/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf4/haruki-murakami-21_knees_i-guess-i-ve-been-waiting-so-long-i-m-lo_1596071.jpg) > [How many times have you said, 'This is it. I've finally found my one true love'? And how many times has the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/how-many-times-have-you-said-this-is-it-i-ve-finally-found-my-one-2/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5cc/haruki-murakami-21_breakup_how-many-times-have-you-said-this-is-it_2633540.jpg) > [“That’s why I like to listen to Schubert while I’m driving. Like I said, it’s because all the performances are imperfect. A…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/that-s-why-i-like-to-listen-to-schubert-while-i-m-driving-like-i-said/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe9/haruki-murakami-21_accumulation_that-s-why-i-like-to-listen-to-schubert_364713.jpg) ## Other authors on Perfect ## 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/perfect/haruki-murakami/#itemlist", "name": "16 Perfect Quotes By Haruki Murakami", "numberOfItems": 16, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Don't pointless things have a place, too, in this far-from-perfect world?", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Haruki Murakami" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/don-t-pointless-things-have-a-place-too-in-this-far-from-perfect-world/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/29b/haruki-murakami-21_a-perfect-world_don-t-pointless-things-have-a-place-too_1157321.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/29b/haruki-murakami-21_a-perfect-world_don-t-pointless-things-have-a-place-too_1157321.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/29b/haruki-murakami-21_a-perfect-world_don-t-pointless-things-have-a-place-too_1157321.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Don't pointless things have a place, too, in this far-from-perfect world?” — Haruki Murakami", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "All imperfections are forced upon the imperfect, so the 'perfect' can live content and oblivious.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Haruki Murakami" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/all-imperfections-are-forced-upon-the-imperfect-so-the-perfect-can/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e8c/haruki-murakami-21_happiness_all-imperfections-are-forced-upon-the-im_339004.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e8c/haruki-murakami-21_happiness_all-imperfections-are-forced-upon-the-im_339004.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e8c/haruki-murakami-21_happiness_all-imperfections-are-forced-upon-the-im_339004.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“All imperfections are forced upon the imperfect, so the 'perfect' can live content and oblivious.” — Haruki Murakami", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There's no such thing as perfect writing, just like there's no such thing as perfect despair.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Haruki Murakami" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/there-s-no-such-thing-as-perfect-writing-just-like-there-s-no-such/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/032/haruki-murakami-21_despair_there-s-no-such-thing-as-perfect-writing_2420094.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/032/haruki-murakami-21_despair_there-s-no-such-thing-as-perfect-writing_2420094.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/032/haruki-murakami-21_despair_there-s-no-such-thing-as-perfect-writing_2420094.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“There's no such thing as perfect writing, just like there's no such thing as perfect despair.” — Haruki Murakami", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“We survived. 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