I used to run a full marathon in three hours and 25 or 26 minutes. Not any more. — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
So the fact that I’m me and no one else is one of my greatest assets. Emotional hurt is the price a… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
When someone is trying very hard to get something, they don't. And when they're running away from something as hard as they… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
All I do is keep on running in my own cozy, homemade void, my own nostalgic silence. And this is a pretty… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“I just run. I run in a void. Or maybe I should put it the other way: I run in order to… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
Exerting yourself to the fullest within your individual limits: that's the essence of running, and a metaphor for life — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
Nothing in the real world is as beautiful as the illusions of a person about to lose consciousness. — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
I don't know, there's something about you. Say there's an hourglass: the sand's about to run out. Someone like you can always… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
As with marathon runs and lengths of toilet paper, there had to be standards to measure up to. — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
Before I became a writer, I was running a jazz bar in the center of Tokyo, which means that I worked in… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
I have always liked running, so it wasn't particularly difficult to make it a habit. All you need is a pair of… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
Exerting yourself to the limit over and over again, that is the essence of running. Running is painful, but the pain doesn't… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
Not that running away's going to solve everything. I don't want to rain on your parade or anything, but I wouldn't count… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional. Say you’re running and you think, ‘Man, this hurts, I can’t take it anymore. The ‘hurt’… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
I try not to think about anything special while running. As a matter of fact, I usually run with my mind empty.… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
If you're going to while away the years, it's far better to live them with clear goals and fully alive then in… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
People sometimes sneer at those who run every day, claiming they'll go to any length to live longer. But don't think that's… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
I guess I've been waiting so long I'm looking for perfection. That makes it tough." "Waiting for perfect love?" "No, even I… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
Sometimes I find it too hot to run, and sometimes too cold. Or too cloudy. But I still go running. I know… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“It might be a little silly for someone getting to be my age to put this into words, but I just want… — 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… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“Most runners run not because they want to live longer, but because they want to live life to the fullest. If you’re… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
For me, running is both exercise and a metaphor. Running day after day, piling up the races, bit by bit I raise… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“People sometimes sneer at those who run every day, claiming they’ll go to any length to live longer. But I don’t think… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“Even when I ran my bar I followed the same policy. A lot of customers came to the bar. If one in… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
Writing is fun - at least mostly. I write for four hours every day. After that I go running. As a rule,… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
I just wanted to write something about running, but I realized that to write about my running is to write about my… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
I've always done whatever I felt like doing in life. People may try to stop me, and convince me I'm wrong, but… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
Most runners run not because they want to live longer, but because they want to live life to the fullest. — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
But I didn't walk a single step. I stopped a lot to stretch, but I never walked. I didn't come here to… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
I've run the Boston Marathon 6 times before. I think the best aspects of the marathon are the beautiful changes of the… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
One foot in front of the other. Repeat as often as necessary to finish. — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
In long-distance running the only opponent you have to beat is yourself, the way you used to be. — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“There are three reasons I failed. Not enough training. Not enough training. And not enough training.” — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
Most of what I know about writing I've learned through running every day. — 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
