--- title: "14 Sides Quotes By Haruki Murakami" description: "14 Sides quotes by Haruki Murakami. Plus more from Haruki Murakami and more Sides sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1de/haruki-murakami-21_break_between-a-high-solid-wall-and-an-egg-tha_1982920.jpg" --- > [Between a high, solid wall and an egg that breaks against it, I will always stand on the side of the egg.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/between-a-high-solid-wall-and-an-egg-that-breaks-against-it-i-will-2/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1de/haruki-murakami-21_break_between-a-high-solid-wall-and-an-egg-tha_1982920.jpg) > [“Komatsu's view is that there are always two sides to everything," Tengo said. "A good side and a not-so-bad side.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/komatsu-s-view-is-that-there-are-always-two-sides-to-everything-tengo/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f63/haruki-murakami-21_bad-side_komatsu-s-view-is-that-there-are-always_2322317.jpg) > [Beyond the window, some kind of small, black thing shot across the sky. A bird, possibly. Or it might have been someone's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/beyond-the-window-some-kind-of-small-black-thing-shot-across-the-sky/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/953/haruki-murakami-21_bird_beyond-the-window-some-kind-of-small-bla_2485966.jpg) > [I'm kind of a low-key guy. The spotlight doesn't suit me. I'm more of a side dish--cole slaw or French fries or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/i-m-kind-of-a-low-key-guy-the-spotlight-doesn-t-suit-me-i-m-more-of-a/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd6/haruki-murakami-21_backup_i-m-kind-of-a-low-key-guy-the-spotlight_2584413.jpg) > [You have to make an effort to always look at the good side, always think about the good things. Then you've got…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/you-have-to-make-an-effort-to-always-look-at-the-good-side-always/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c4f/haruki-murakami-21_come-up_you-have-to-make-an-effort-to-always-loo_1005690.jpg) > [Of course you got rights, the law's on your side, but sometimes the law takes a long time to kick in and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/of-course-you-got-rights-the-law-s-on-your-side-but-sometimes-the-law/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c27/haruki-murakami-21_courses_of-course-you-got-rights-the-law-s-on-yo_996912.jpg) > [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/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b6/haruki-murakami-21_baptism_a-story-is-not-something-of-this-world-a_2977363.jpg) > [No, I don't want your money. The world moves less by money than by what you owe people and what they owe…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/no-i-don-t-want-your-money-the-world-moves-less-by-money-than-by-what/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa0/haruki-murakami-21_lending_no-i-don-t-want-your-money-the-world-mov_2791262.jpg) > [She was, if anything, on the plain side, at least not the type to attract men wherever she went. But there was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/she-was-if-anything-on-the-plain-side-at-least-not-the-type-to/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a6f/haruki-murakami-21_attract_she-was-if-anything-on-the-plain-side-at_444994.jpg) > [Every day I go to my study and sit at my desk and put the computer on. At that moment, I have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/every-day-i-go-to-my-study-and-sit-at-my-desk-and-put-the-computer-on/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/19f/haruki-murakami-21_bigs_every-day-i-go-to-my-study-and-sit-at-my_1391816.jpg) > [And, well, mine are kind of on the heavy side anyway. The first day or two, I don't want to do ANYTHING.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/and-well-mine-are-kind-of-on-the-heavy-side-anyway-the-first-day-or/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/317/haruki-murakami-21_couple_and-well-mine-are-kind-of-on-the-heavy-s_3162345.jpg) > [Mountains, according to the angle of view, the season, the time of day, the beholder's frame of mind, or any one thing,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/mountains-according-to-the-angle-of-view-the-season-the-time-of-day/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3d1/haruki-murakami-21_angle_mountains-according-to-the-angle-of-view_937728.jpg) > [I laughed. “You’re too young to be so … pessimistic,” I said, using the English word. “Pessi-what?” “Pessimistic. It means looking only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/i-laughed-you-re-too-young-to-be-so-pessimistic-i-said-using-the/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8cd/haruki-murakami-21_adults_i-laughed-you-re-too-young-to-be-so-pess_3024712.jpg) > ["Between a high, solid wall and an egg that breaks against it, I will always stand on the side of the egg."…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/between-a-high-solid-wall-and-an-egg-that-breaks-against-it-i-will/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e65/haruki-murakami-21_break_between-a-high-solid-wall-and-an-egg-tha_608666.jpg) ## Other authors on Sides ## 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/sides/haruki-murakami/#itemlist", "name": "14 Sides Quotes By Haruki Murakami", "numberOfItems": 14, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Between a high, solid wall and an egg that breaks against it, I will always stand on the side of the egg.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Haruki Murakami" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/between-a-high-solid-wall-and-an-egg-that-breaks-against-it-i-will-2/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1de/haruki-murakami-21_break_between-a-high-solid-wall-and-an-egg-tha_1982920.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1de/haruki-murakami-21_break_between-a-high-solid-wall-and-an-egg-tha_1982920.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1de/haruki-murakami-21_break_between-a-high-solid-wall-and-an-egg-tha_1982920.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Between a high, solid wall and an egg that breaks against it, I will always stand on the side of the egg.” — Haruki Murakami", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Komatsu's view is that there are always two sides to everything,\" Tengo said. \"A good side and a not-so-bad side.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Haruki Murakami" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/komatsu-s-view-is-that-there-are-always-two-sides-to-everything-tengo/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f63/haruki-murakami-21_bad-side_komatsu-s-view-is-that-there-are-always_2322317.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f63/haruki-murakami-21_bad-side_komatsu-s-view-is-that-there-are-always_2322317.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f63/haruki-murakami-21_bad-side_komatsu-s-view-is-that-there-are-always_2322317.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Komatsu's view is that there are always two sides to everything,\" Tengo said. \"A good side and a not-so-bad…” — Haruki Murakami", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Beyond the window, some kind of small, black thing shot across the sky. 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