--- title: "18 Pieces Quotes By Haruki Murakami" description: "18 Pieces quotes by Haruki Murakami. Plus more from Haruki Murakami and more Pieces sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d85/haruki-murakami-21_crumbling_it-was-as-if-i-were-writing-letters-to-h_2258465.jpg" --- > [It was as if I were writing letters to hold together the pieces of my crumbling life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/it-was-as-if-i-were-writing-letters-to-hold-together-the-pieces-of-my/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d85/haruki-murakami-21_crumbling_it-was-as-if-i-were-writing-letters-to-h_2258465.jpg) > [Life's no piece of cake, mind you, but the recipe's my own to fool with.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/life-s-no-piece-of-cake-mind-you-but-the-recipe-s-my-own-to-fool-with/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f2d/haruki-murakami-21_cake_life-s-no-piece-of-cake-mind-you-but-the_150620.jpg) > [Of what value is a civilization that can't toast a piece of bread as ordered?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/of-what-value-is-a-civilization-that-can-t-toast-a-piece-of-bread-as-2/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/00e/haruki-murakami-21_bread_of-what-value-is-a-civilization-that-can_1093078.jpg) > [Anyone who falls in love is searching for the missing pieces of themselves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/anyone-who-falls-in-love-is-searching-for-the-missing-pieces-of-2/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3f3/haruki-murakami-21_fall_anyone-who-falls-in-love-is-searching-fo_2338235.jpg) > [Sometimes when I think of life, I feel like a piece of driftwood washed up on shore.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/sometimes-when-i-think-of-life-i-feel-like-a-piece-of-driftwood/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/100/haruki-murakami-21_driftwood_sometimes-when-i-think-of-life-i-feel-li_537762.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) > [I'm not human. I'm a piece of machinery. I don't need to feel a thing. Just forge on ahead.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/i-m-not-human-i-m-a-piece-of-machinery-i-don-t-need-to-feel-a-thing/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4f0/haruki-murakami-21_feel_i-m-not-human-i-m-a-piece-of-machinery-i_176653.jpg) > [Letters are just pieces of paper," I said. "Burn them, and what stays in your heart will stay; keep them, and what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/letters-are-just-pieces-of-paper-i-said-burn-them-and-what-stays-in/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/279/haruki-murakami-21_burn_letters-are-just-pieces-of-paper-i-said_790648.jpg) > [If a person remains tense for a long time he might not notice it himself, but it’s like his nerves are a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/if-a-person-remains-tense-for-a-long-time-he-might-not-notice-it/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e0/haruki-murakami-21_long_if-a-person-remains-tense-for-a-long-tim_602575.jpg) > [Time really is one big continuous cloth, no? We habitually cut out pieces of time to fit us, so we tend to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/time-really-is-one-big-continuous-cloth-no-we-habitually-cut-out/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6e3/haruki-murakami-21_bigs_time-really-is-one-big-continuous-cloth_286237.jpg) > [No matter how clear things might become in the forest of story, there was never a clear-cut solution, as there was in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/no-matter-how-clear-things-might-become-in-the-forest-of-story-there/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6b8/haruki-murakami-21_clear_no-matter-how-clear-things-might-become_640786.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) > [This is one more piece of advice I have for you: don't get impatient. Even if things are so tangled up you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/this-is-one-more-piece-of-advice-i-have-for-you-don-t-get-impatient/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2b4/haruki-murakami-21_advice_this-is-one-more-piece-of-advice-i-have_1548772.jpg) > [There's no sense forcing yourself if you don't feel like it. Tell you the truth, I've had sex with lots of guys,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/there-s-no-sense-forcing-yourself-if-you-don-t-feel-like-it-tell-you/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/065/haruki-murakami-21_arms_there-s-no-sense-forcing-yourself-if-you_1439875.jpg) > [All over the world people have developed their own ideas about what's right and wrong in life, but so long as you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/all-over-the-world-people-have-developed-their-own-ideas-about-what-s/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ab8/haruki-murakami-21_alone-life_all-over-the-world-people-have-developed_2904172.jpg) > [I wrote a huge number of letters that spring: one a week to Naoko, several to Reiko, and several more to Midori.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/i-wrote-a-huge-number-of-letters-that-spring-one-a-week-to-naoko/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c14/haruki-murakami-21_break_i-wrote-a-huge-number-of-letters-that-sp_2688172.jpg) > [Tell me how you could say such a thing, she said, staring down at the ground beneath her feet. You're not telling…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/tell-me-how-you-could-say-such-a-thing-she-said-staring-down-at-the/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/45a/haruki-murakami-21_blown-away_tell-me-how-you-could-say-such-a-thing-s_2571348.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 Pieces ## 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/pieces/haruki-murakami/#itemlist", "name": "18 Pieces Quotes By Haruki Murakami", "numberOfItems": 18, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It was as if I were writing letters to hold together the pieces of my crumbling life.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Haruki Murakami" }, "url": 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