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title: "12 Quiet Quotes By Haruki Murakami"
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> [Deep rivers run quiet.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/deep-rivers-run-quiet/)

[Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6f1/haruki-murakami-21_quiet_deep-rivers-run-quiet-416710_416710.jpg)

> [“You can keep quiet as you like. but one of these days somebody is going to find you”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/you-can-keep-quiet-as-you-like-but-one-of-these-days-somebody-is/)

[Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed5/haruki-murakami-21_quote_you-can-keep-quiet-as-you-like-but-one-o_863715.jpg)

> [I've always liked libraries. They're quiet and full of books and full of knowledge.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/i-ve-always-liked-libraries-they-re-quiet-and-full-of-books-and-full/)

[Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd7/haruki-murakami-21_book_i-ve-always-liked-libraries-they-re-quie_557729.jpg)

> [“I'm not doing anything that is going to destroy my. Stillm there is something quiet left behind. Like sediment in a bottle…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/i-m-not-doing-anything-that-is-going-to-destroy-my-stillm-there-is/)

[Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e8/haruki-murakami-21_left-behind_i-m-not-doing-anything-that-is-going-to_993153.jpg)

> [I’m me, and at the same time not me. That’s what it felt like. A very still, quiet feeling.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/i-m-me-and-at-the-same-time-not-me-that-s-what-it-felt-like-a-very/)

[Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/)

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> [How many Sundays – how many hundreds of Sundays like this – lay ahead of me? “Quiet, peaceful and lonely,” I said…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/how-many-sundays-how-many-hundreds-of-sundays-like-this-lay-ahead-of/)

[Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/809/haruki-murakami-21_lonely_how-many-sundays-how-many-hundreds-of-su_905187.jpg)

> [It's a quiet place, so people talk quietly," said Naoko. She made a neat pile of fish bones at the edge of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/it-s-a-quiet-place-so-people-talk-quietly-said-naoko-she-made-a-neat/)

[Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/267/haruki-murakami-21_attention_it-s-a-quiet-place-so-people-talk-quietl_2460652.jpg)

> [Time passes slowly. Nobody says a word, everyone lost in quiet reading. One person sits at a desk jotting down notes, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/time-passes-slowly-nobody-says-a-word-everyone-lost-in-quiet-reading/)

[Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ae/haruki-murakami-21_desks_time-passes-slowly-nobody-says-a-word-ev_2899816.jpg)

> [For a long time, she held a special place in my heart. I kept this special place just for her, like a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/for-a-long-time-she-held-a-special-place-in-my-heart-i-kept-this/)

[Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dfb/haruki-murakami-21_facts_for-a-long-time-she-held-a-special-place_1444919.jpg)

> [I wander though China. Without ever having boarded a plane. My travels take place here in the Tokoyo subways, in the backseat…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/i-wander-though-china-without-ever-having-boarded-a-plane-my-travels/)

[Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cdb/haruki-murakami-21_ashes_i-wander-though-china-without-ever-havin_3029907.jpg)

> [When you see runners in town is easy to distinguish beginners from veterans. The ones panting are beginners; the ones with quiet,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/when-you-see-runners-in-town-is-easy-to-distinguish-beginners-from/)

[Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c83/haruki-murakami-21_beginners_when-you-see-runners-in-town-is-easy-to_1129496.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)

## Other authors on Quiet

## 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/)

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