---
title: "4 Reasons Quotes By Haruki Murakami"
description: "4 Reasons quotes by Haruki Murakami. Plus more from Haruki Murakami and more Reasons sayings from other authors."
image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e2/haruki-murakami-21_quit_i-have-only-a-few-reasons-to-keep-on-run_512221.jpg"
---

> [“I have only a few reasons to keep on running, and a truckload of them to quit. All I can do is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/i-have-only-a-few-reasons-to-keep-on-running-and-a-truckload-of-them/)

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

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e2/haruki-murakami-21_quit_i-have-only-a-few-reasons-to-keep-on-run_512221.jpg)

> [“You know, Junpei, everything in the world has its reasons for doing what it does.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/you-know-junpei-everything-in-the-world-has-its-reasons-for-doing/)

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

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa1/haruki-murakami-21_reason_you-know-junpei-everything-in-the-world_2021070.jpg)

> [“No matter what you tell me, no matter how legitimate your reasons, I can never just forget about you, I can never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/no-matter-what-you-tell-me-no-matter-how-legitimate-your-reasons-i-2/)

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

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c73/haruki-murakami-21_psychology_no-matter-what-you-tell-me-no-matter-how_2661179.jpg)

> [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/)

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

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/610/haruki-murakami-21_darkness_people-have-their-own-reasons-for-dying_3043860.jpg)

## Other authors on Reasons

## 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/reasons/haruki-murakami/#itemlist",
            "name": "4 Reasons Quotes By Haruki Murakami",
            "numberOfItems": 4,
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "“I have only a few reasons to keep on running, and a truckload of them to quit. All I can do is keep those few reasons nicely polished.”",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Haruki Murakami"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/i-have-only-a-few-reasons-to-keep-on-running-and-a-truckload-of-them/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e2/haruki-murakami-21_quit_i-have-only-a-few-reasons-to-keep-on-run_512221.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e2/haruki-murakami-21_quit_i-have-only-a-few-reasons-to-keep-on-run_512221.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e2/haruki-murakami-21_quit_i-have-only-a-few-reasons-to-keep-on-run_512221.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“I have only a few reasons to keep on running, and a truckload of them to quit. All I can do is keep those…” — Haruki Murakami",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 2,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "“You know, Junpei, everything in the world has its reasons for doing what it does.”",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Haruki Murakami"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/you-know-junpei-everything-in-the-world-has-its-reasons-for-doing/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa1/haruki-murakami-21_reason_you-know-junpei-everything-in-the-world_2021070.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa1/haruki-murakami-21_reason_you-know-junpei-everything-in-the-world_2021070.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa1/haruki-murakami-21_reason_you-know-junpei-everything-in-the-world_2021070.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“You know, Junpei, everything in the world has its reasons for doing what it does.” — Haruki Murakami",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 3,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "“No matter what you tell me, no matter how legitimate your reasons, I can never just forget about you, I can never push the years we spent together out of my mind. I can’t do it because they really happened, they are part of my life, and there is no way I can just erase them. That would be the same as erasing my own self. I have to know what legitimate reason there could be for doing such a thing.”",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Haruki Murakami"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/no-matter-what-you-tell-me-no-matter-how-legitimate-your-reasons-i-2/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c73/haruki-murakami-21_psychology_no-matter-what-you-tell-me-no-matter-how_2661179.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c73/haruki-murakami-21_psychology_no-matter-what-you-tell-me-no-matter-how_2661179.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c73/haruki-murakami-21_psychology_no-matter-what-you-tell-me-no-matter-how_2661179.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“No matter what you tell me, no matter how legitimate your reasons, I can never just forget about you, I can…” — Haruki Murakami",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 4,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "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.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Haruki Murakami"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/people-have-their-own-reasons-for-dying-it-might-look-simple-but-it/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/610/haruki-murakami-21_darkness_people-have-their-own-reasons-for-dying_3043860.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/610/haruki-murakami-21_darkness_people-have-their-own-reasons-for-dying_3043860.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/610/haruki-murakami-21_darkness_people-have-their-own-reasons-for-dying_3043860.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“People have their own reasons for dying. It might look simple, but it never is. It's just like a rock…” — Haruki Murakami",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "CollectionPage",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/reasons/haruki-murakami/#webpage",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/reasons/haruki-murakami/",
            "name": "Reasons Quotes by Haruki Murakami",
            "isPartOf": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website"
            },
            "mainEntity": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/reasons/haruki-murakami/#itemlist"
            },
            "primaryImageOfPage": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e2/haruki-murakami-21_quit_i-have-only-a-few-reasons-to-keep-on-run_512221.jpg"
            },
            "description": "4 Reasons quotes by Haruki Murakami. Plus more from Haruki Murakami and more Reasons sayings from other authors.",
            "breadcrumb": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/reasons/haruki-murakami/#breadcrumb"
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "BreadcrumbList",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/reasons/haruki-murakami/#breadcrumb",
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "name": "Home",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 2,
                    "name": "Quotes",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 3,
                    "name": "Topics",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/categories/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 4,
                    "name": "Reasons",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/reasons/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 5,
                    "name": "Haruki Murakami",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/reasons/haruki-murakami/"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "WebSite",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website",
            "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/",
            "publisher": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "Organization",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization",
            "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/",
            "logo": {
                "@type": "ImageObject",
                "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png",
                "width": 512,
                "height": 512
            }
        }
    ]
}
```