How can the mind be so imperfect?" she says with a smile. I look at my hands. Bathed in the moonlight, they… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
No matter what you tell me, no matter how legitimate your reasons, I can never just forget about you, I can never… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“The mind is strong. It survives, even without thought. Even with everything taken away, it holds a seed—your self.” — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“You must not let fatigue set in," she warns. "That is what my mother said. Let your body work until it is… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“Lonely metal souls in the unimpeded darkness of space, they meet, pass each other, and part, never to meet again. No words… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“Presently, I sense within me the slightest touch. The harmony of one chord lingers in my mind. It fuses, divides, searches--but for… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“His mind floated in the amniotic fluid of memory, listening for echoes of the past. His father, meanwhile, had no idea that… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“You close your eyes, and all that comes to mind are the mistakes of the past.” — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“Certain kinds of information are like smoke: they work their way into people's eyes and minds whether sought out or not, and… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“The image of her in another man's arms was stuck in my mind, as real as life. As if there was a… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“No one noticed that I had changed- that I had given up sleep entirely, that I was spending all my time reading,… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“a person’s mind is controlled by his body, right? Or is it the opposite—the way your mind works influences the structure of… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
Open your eyes, train your ears, use your head. If a mind you have, then use it while you can. — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“Let your body work until it is spent, but keep your mind for yourself.” — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“We have a sane part of our minds and an insane part. We negotiate between those two parts.” — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“Several possibilities came to mind. 1. She was living in a suburb of the city of Utashinai on Hokkaido. 2. She had… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“Lay down your mind and peace will come. A peace deeper than anything you have known.” — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“That's what love's all about, Kafka. You're the one having those wonderful feelings, but you have to go it alone as you… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“Just speak your mind honestly. That's the best thing. It may hurt a little sometimes, and someone may get upset, but in… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“There was an inexhaustible source of clouds in some land far to the north. Decisive people, minds fixed on the task, clothed… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“Memory is a funny thing. When I was in the scene, I hardly paid it any mind. I never stopped to think… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“It seemed unreasonable, unfair, that a woman so young and beautiful should be so exhausted. Of course, it was neither unreasonable nor… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“No matter what you tell me, no matter how legitimate your reasons, I can never just forget about you, I can never… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“Lying there, I close my eyes for a time, then open them. I silently breathe in, then out. A thought begins to… — 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
