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title: "31 Real Quotes By Haruki Murakami"
description: "31 Real quotes by Haruki Murakami. Plus more from Haruki Murakami and more Real sayings from other authors."
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> [Sometimes I get real lonely sleeping with you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/sometimes-i-get-real-lonely-sleeping-with-you/)

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

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> [What you see with your eyes is not necessarily real.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/what-you-see-with-your-eyes-is-not-necessarily-real/)

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

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> [That's how people live in the real world: forcing stuff on each other.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/that-s-how-people-live-in-the-real-world-forcing-stuff-on-each-other/)

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> [It's the real world, full of gaps and inconsistencies and anticlimaxes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/it-s-the-real-world-full-of-gaps-and-inconsistencies-and-anticlimaxes/)

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

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> [It's just a feeling I have. What you see with your eyes is not necessarily real. My enemy is, among other things,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/it-s-just-a-feeling-i-have-what-you-see-with-your-eyes-is-not/)

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

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> [Maybe the star doesnt even exist any more.Yet sometimes that light seems more real to me than anything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/maybe-the-star-doesnt-even-exist-any-more-yet-sometimes-that-light/)

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

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> [Nothing in the real world is as beautiful as the illusions of a person about to lose consciousness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/nothing-in-the-real-world-is-as-beautiful-as-the-illusions-of-a/)

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> [The facts and techniques or whatever they teach you in class isn't going to be veryuseful in the real world, that's for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/the-facts-and-techniques-or-whatever-they-teach-you-in-class-isn-t-2/)

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

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> [When I am writing, I do not distinguish between the natural and supernatural. Everything seems real. That is my world, you could…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/when-i-am-writing-i-do-not-distinguish-between-the-natural-and-2/)

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

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> [I probably still haven’t completely adapted to the world. I don’t know, I feel like this isn’t the real world. The people,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/i-probably-still-haven-t-completely-adapted-to-the-world-i-don-t-know/)

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

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> [A story is not something of this world. A real story requires a kind of magical baptism to link the world on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/a-story-is-not-something-of-this-world-a-real-story-requires-a-kind/)

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> [This is no honky-tonk parade. 1Q84 is the real world, where a cut draws real blood, where pain is real pain and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/this-is-no-honky-tonk-parade-1q84-is-the-real-world-where-a-cut-draws/)

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> [In real life things don’t go so smoothly. At certain points in our lives, when we really need a clear-cut solution, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/in-real-life-things-don-t-go-so-smoothly-at-certain-points-in-our/)

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> [The library was like a second home. Or maybe more like a real home, more than the place I lived in. By…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/the-library-was-like-a-second-home-or-maybe-more-like-a-real-home/)

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> [Sometimes when I look at you, I feel I'm gazing at a distant star. It's dazzling, but the light is from tens…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/sometimes-when-i-look-at-you-i-feel-i-m-gazing-at-a-distant-star-it-s/)

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> [All things in my novels are real for me. Some western critics said that Garcia Marquez's novels are magic realism. However, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/all-things-in-my-novels-are-real-for-me-some-western-critics-said/)

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> [I go back to the reading room, where I sink down in the sofa and into the world of The Arabian Nights.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/i-go-back-to-the-reading-room-where-i-sink-down-in-the-sofa-and-into/)

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

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> [I have these realistic dreams and snap wide awake in the middle of the night. And for a while I can't work…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/i-have-these-realistic-dreams-and-snap-wide-awake-in-the-middle-of/)

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> [Perhaps most people in the world aren’t trying to be free, Kafka. They just think they are. It’s all an illusion. If…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/perhaps-most-people-in-the-world-aren-t-trying-to-be-free-kafka-they/)

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> [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/)

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> [Let me just tell you this, Watanabe," said Midori, pressing her cheek against my neck. "I'm a real, live girl, with real,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/let-me-just-tell-you-this-watanabe-said-midori-pressing-her-cheek/)

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> [Those five fingers and that palm were like a display case crammed full of everything I wanted to know--and everything I had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/those-five-fingers-and-that-palm-were-like-a-display-case-crammed/)

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> [I don't think jealousy has much of a connection with real, objective conditions. Like if you're fortunate you're not jealous, but if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/i-don-t-think-jealousy-has-much-of-a-connection-with-real-objective/)

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> [Sitting on the floor, I'd replay the past in my head. Funny, that's all I did, day after day after day for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/sitting-on-the-floor-i-d-replay-the-past-in-my-head-funny-that-s-all/)

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

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> [Then I noticed that my shadow was crying too, shedding clear, sharp shadow tears. Have you ever seen the shadows of tears,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/then-i-noticed-that-my-shadow-was-crying-too-shedding-clear-sharp/)

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> [At any rate, that’s how I started running. Thirty three—that’s how old I was then. Still young enough, though no longer a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/at-any-rate-that-s-how-i-started-running-thirty-three-that-s-how-old/)

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

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> [Hey, what is it with you? Why are you so spaced out? You still haven't answered me." I probably still haven't completely…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/hey-what-is-it-with-you-why-are-you-so-spaced-out-you-still-haven-t/)

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

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> [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/)

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> [I closed my eyes and tried to sleep. But it was not until much later that I was able to get any…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/i-closed-my-eyes-and-tried-to-sleep-but-it-was-not-until-much-later/)

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> [People have their own reasons for dying. It might look simple, but it never is. It's just like a rock. What's above…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/people-have-their-own-reasons-for-dying-it-might-look-simple-but-it/)

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> [You’re here,” I continued. “At least you look as if you’re here. But maybe you aren’t. Maybe it’s just your shadow. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/you-re-here-i-continued-at-least-you-look-as-if-you-re-here-but-maybe/)

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## Other authors on Real

## 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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                        "text": "The good thing about writing books is that you can dream while you are awake. If it’s a real dream, you cannot control it. When writing the book, you are awake; you can choose the time, the length, everything. I write for four or five hours in the morning and when the time comes, I stop. I can continue the next day. If it’s a real dream, you can’t do that.",
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                        "text": "Let me just tell you this, Watanabe,\" said Midori, pressing her cheek against my neck. \"I'm a real, live girl, with real, live blood gushing through my veins. You're holding me in your arms and I'm telling you that I love you. I'm ready to do anything you tell me to do. I may be a little bit mad, but I'm a good girl, and honest, and I work hard, I'm kind of cute, I have nice boobs, I'm a good cook, and my father left me a trust fund. I mean, I'm a real bargain, don't you think? If you don't take me, I'll end up going somewhere else.",
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                        "text": "Those five fingers and that palm were like a display case crammed full of everything I wanted to know--and everything I had to know. By taking my hand, she showed me what these things were. That within the real world, a place like this existed. In the space of those ten seconds I became I tiny bird, fluttering in the air, the wind rushing by. From high in the sky I could see a scene far away. It was so far off I couldn't make it out clearly, yet something was there, and I knew that someday I would travel to that place.",
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                        "text": "I don't think jealousy has much of a connection with real, objective conditions. Like if you're fortunate you're not jealous, but if life hasn't blessed you, you are jealous. Jealousy doesn't work that way. It's more like a tumor secretly growing inside us that gets bigger and bigger, beyond all reason. Even if you find out it's there, there's nothing you can do to stop it.",
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                        "text": "Sitting on the floor, I'd replay the past in my head. Funny, that's all I did, day after day after day for half a year, and I never tired of it. What I'd been through seemed so vast, with so many facets. Vast, but real, very real, which was why the experience persisted in towering before me, like a monument lit up at night. And the thing was, it was a monument to me.",
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                        "text": "Then I noticed that my shadow was crying too, shedding clear, sharp shadow tears. Have you ever seen the shadows of tears, Mr. Wind-Up Bird? They’re nothing like ordinary shadows. Nothing at all. They come here from some other, distant world, especially for our hearts. Or maybe not. It struck me then that the tears my shadow was shedding might be the real thing, and the tears that I was shedding were just shadows. You don’t get it, I’m sure, Mr. Wind-Up Bird. When a naked seventeen-year-old girl is shedding tears in the moonlight, anything can happen. It’s true.",
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                        "text": "At any rate, that’s how I started running. Thirty three—that’s how old I was then. Still young enough, though no longer a young man. The age that Jesus Christ died. The age that Scott Fitzgerald started to go downhill. That age may be a kind of crossroads in life. That was the age when I began my life as a runner, and it was my belated, but real, starting point as a novelist.",
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                        "text": "Hey, what is it with you? Why are you so spaced out? You still haven't answered me.\" I probably still haven't completely adapted to the world,\" I said after giving it some thought. \"I don't know, I feel like this isn't the real world. The people, the scene: they just don't seem real to me.\" Midori rested an elbow on the bar and looked at me. \"There was something like that in a Jim Morrison song, I'm pretty sure.\" People are strange when you're a stranger.",
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                        "text": "I closed my eyes and tried to sleep. But it was not until much later that I was able to get any real sleep. In a place far away from anyone or anywhere, I drifted off for a moment.",
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                        "text": "People have their own reasons for dying. It might look simple, but it never is. It's just like a rock. What's above ground is only a small part of it. But if you start pulling, it keeps coming and coming. The human mind dwells deep in darkness. Only the person himself knows the real reason, and maybe not even then.",
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                        "text": "You’re here,” I continued. “At least you look as if you’re here. But maybe you aren’t. Maybe it’s just your shadow. The real you may be someplace else. Or maybe you already disappeared, a long, long time ago. I reach out my hand to see, but you’ve hidden yourself behind a cloud of probablys. Do you think we can go on like this forever?",
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