--- title: "8 Scared Quotes By Haruki Murakami" description: "8 Scared quotes by Haruki Murakami. Plus more from Haruki Murakami and more Scared sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/85b/haruki-murakami-21_creatures_the-most-dangerous-creature-here-would-h_10771.jpg" --- > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/85b/haruki-murakami-21_creatures_the-most-dangerous-creature-here-would-h_10771.jpg) > [“You’re wasting your life being involved with me.” “I’m not wasting anything.” “But I might never recover. Will you wait for me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/you-re-wasting-your-life-being-involved-with-me-i-m-not-wasting/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/55c/haruki-murakami-21_bad-dream_you-re-wasting-your-life-being-involved_1387381.jpg) > [There's no sense forcing yourself if you don't feel like it. Tell you the truth, I've had sex with lots of guys,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/there-s-no-sense-forcing-yourself-if-you-don-t-feel-like-it-tell-you/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/065/haruki-murakami-21_arms_there-s-no-sense-forcing-yourself-if-you_1439875.jpg) > [There are some things about myself I can’t explain to anyone. There are some things I don’t understand at all. I can’t…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/there-are-some-things-about-myself-i-can-t-explain-to-anyone-there/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/545/haruki-murakami-21_details_there-are-some-things-about-myself-i-can_1792323.jpg) > [“Can I be honest with you, Mr. Wind-Up Bird? I mean, really, really, really honest? Sometimes I get sooo scared! I’ll wake…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/can-i-be-honest-with-you-mr-wind-up-bird-i-mean-really-really-really/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/63d/haruki-murakami-21_bits-and-pieces_can-i-be-honest-with-you-mr-wind-up-bird_2343775.jpg) > [So once you're dead there's just nothing? Mari: Basically... Korogi: I get so scared when I start thinking about this stuff. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/so-once-you-re-dead-there-s-just-nothing-mari-basically-korogi-i-get/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d00/haruki-murakami-21_believe_so-once-you-re-dead-there-s-just-nothing_2346381.jpg) > [“I've had sex with lots of guys, but I think I did it mostly out of fear. I was scared not to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/i-ve-had-sex-with-lots-of-guys-but-i-think-i-did-it-mostly-out-of/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec9/haruki-murakami-21_fear_i-ve-had-sex-with-lots-of-guys-but-i-thi_2566389.jpg) > [I'm scared," she said. "These days I feel like a snail without a shell." "I'm scared too," I said. "I feel like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/i-m-scared-she-said-these-days-i-feel-like-a-snail-without-a-shell-i/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/19a/haruki-murakami-21_building_i-m-scared-she-said-these-days-i-feel-li_2608153.jpg) ## Other authors on Scared ## 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/scared/haruki-murakami/#itemlist", "name": "8 Scared Quotes By Haruki Murakami", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The most dangerous creature here would have to be me. 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