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title: "43 Sometimes Quotes By Haruki Murakami"
description: "43 Sometimes quotes by Haruki Murakami. Plus more from Haruki Murakami and more Sometimes sayings from other authors."
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> [Sometimes taking time is actually a shortcut.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/sometimes-taking-time-is-actually-a-shortcut/)

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

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> [Sometimes when I think of life, I feel like a piece of driftwood washed up on shore.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/sometimes-when-i-think-of-life-i-feel-like-a-piece-of-driftwood/)

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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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> [Sometimes we don't need words. Rather, it's words that need us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/sometimes-we-don-t-need-words-rather-it-s-words-that-need-us/)

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> [I dream. Sometimes I think that's the only right thing to do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/i-dream-sometimes-i-think-that-s-the-only-right-thing-to-do/)

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> [Sometimes when I'm with you, I remember things I lost when I was your age. Like I remember the sound of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/sometimes-when-i-m-with-you-i-remember-things-i-lost-when-i-was-your/)

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> [sometimes I think I've got this hard kernel in my heart, and nothing much can get inside it. I doubt if I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/sometimes-i-think-i-ve-got-this-hard-kernel-in-my-heart-and-nothing/)

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> [To be able to grasp something of value, sometimes you have to perform seemingly inefficient acts.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/to-be-able-to-grasp-something-of-value-sometimes-you-have-to-perform/)

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> [Sometimes you’re just the sweetest thing. Like Christmas, summer vacation, and a brand-new puppy rolled into one.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/sometimes-you-re-just-the-sweetest-thing-like-christmas-summer/)

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> [I dream. Sometimes I think that’s the only right thing to do. To dream, to live in the world of dreams. But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/i-dream-sometimes-i-think-that-s-the-only-right-thing-to-do-to-dream/)

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> [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/)

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> [A girl doesn't always want to go out, you know, Mr. Wind-Up Bird. Sometimes she feels like being nasty--like, if the guy's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/a-girl-doesn-t-always-want-to-go-out-you-know-mr-wind-up-bird/)

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> [Sometimes I feel like a caretaker of a museum -- a huge, empty museum where no one ever comes, and I'm watching…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/sometimes-i-feel-like-a-caretaker-of-a-museum-a-huge-empty-museum/)

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> [What’s most important is what you can’t see but can feel in your heart. To be able to grasp something of value,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/what-s-most-important-is-what-you-can-t-see-but-can-feel-in-your/)

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> [To me, love is a pure idea forged in flesh, awkwardly maybe, but it had to connect to somewhere, despite twists and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/to-me-love-is-a-pure-idea-forged-in-flesh-awkwardly-maybe-but-it-had/)

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> [Sometimes we don't need words. Rather, it's words that need us. If we were no longer here, words would lose their whole…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/sometimes-we-don-t-need-words-rather-it-s-words-that-need-us-if-we/)

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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/people-sometimes-sneer-at-those-who-run-every-day-claiming-they-ll-go/)

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> [Sometimes I wonder why I'm a novelist right now. There is no definite career reason why I became a writer. Something happened,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/sometimes-i-wonder-why-i-m-a-novelist-right-now-there-is-no-definite/)

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> [I would stare at the grains of light suspended in that silent space, struggling to see into my own heart. What did…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/i-would-stare-at-the-grains-of-light-suspended-in-that-silent-space/)

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> [She waited for the train to pass. Then she said, "I sometimes think that people’s hearts are like deep wells. Nobody knows…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/she-waited-for-the-train-to-pass-then-she-said-i-sometimes-think-that/)

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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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> [sometimes i'd wake up at two or three in the morning and not be able to fall asleep again. i'd get out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/sometimes-i-d-wake-up-at-two-or-three-in-the-morning-and-not-be-able/)

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> [In certain areas of my life, I actively seek out solitude. Especially for someone in my line of work, solitude is, more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/in-certain-areas-of-my-life-i-actively-seek-out-solitude-especially/)

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> [Sometimes I find it too hot to run, and sometimes too cold. Or too cloudy. But I still go running. I know…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/sometimes-i-find-it-too-hot-to-run-and-sometimes-too-cold-or-too/)

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> [I'm not sure if I could tell the difference—between just staring into space and thinking. We're usually thinking all the time, aren't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/i-m-not-sure-if-i-could-tell-the-difference-between-just-staring-into/)

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> [I’m not good at talking,” Naoko said. “Haven’t been for the longest while. I start to say something and the wrong words…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/i-m-not-good-at-talking-naoko-said-haven-t-been-for-the-longest-while/)

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> [Everybody's born with some different thing at the core of their existence. And that thing, whatever it is, becomes like a heat…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/everybody-s-born-with-some-different-thing-at-the-core-of-their/)

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> [I miss you terribly sometimes, but in general I go on living with all the energy I can muster. Just as you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/i-miss-you-terribly-sometimes-but-in-general-i-go-on-living-with-all/)

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> [How many times have you said, 'This is it. I've finally found my one true love'? And how many times has the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/how-many-times-have-you-said-this-is-it-i-ve-finally-found-my-one-2/)

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> [Sometimes, however, this sense of isolation, like acid spilling out of a bottle, can unconsciously eat away at a person’s heart and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/sometimes-however-this-sense-of-isolation-like-acid-spilling-out-of-a/)

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> [Sometimes fate is like a small sandstorm that keeps changing directions. You change direction but the sandstorm chases you. You turn again,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/sometimes-fate-is-like-a-small-sandstorm-that-keeps-changing-3/)

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> [It is sometimes necessary for each person. Fill up with delicious food, get drunk, sing loudly and chat frivolously.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/it-is-sometimes-necessary-for-each-person-fill-up-with-delicious-food/)

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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/)

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> [He sometimes wondered if she had become involved with him just so that she could cry in someone's arms. Maybe she can't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/he-sometimes-wondered-if-she-had-become-involved-with-him-just-so/)

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> [Everything was too sharp and clear, so that I could never tell where to start- the way a map that shows too…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/everything-was-too-sharp-and-clear-so-that-i-could-never-tell-where-2/)

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> [It is a lonely life sometimes, like throwing a stone into the deep darkness. It might hit something, but you can’t see…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/it-is-a-lonely-life-sometimes-like-throwing-a-stone-into-the-deep/)

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> [I tell lies sometimes. The last time I lied was a year ago. I absolutely detest lying. You could say that lying…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/i-tell-lies-sometimes-the-last-time-i-lied-was-a-year-ago-i/)

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> [You live by yourself for a stretch of time and you get to staring at different objects. Sometimes you talk to yourself.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/you-live-by-yourself-for-a-stretch-of-time-and-you-get-to-staring-at/)

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> [Sometimes I feel so- I don’t know - lonely. The kind of helpless feeling when everything you’re used to has been ripped…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/sometimes-i-feel-so-i-don-t-know-lonely-the-kind-of-helpless-feeling/)

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> [“I’m not trying to imply I can keep up this silent, isolated facade all the time. Sometimes the wall I’ve erected around…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/i-m-not-trying-to-imply-i-can-keep-up-this-silent-isolated-facade-all/)

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## Other authors on Sometimes

## 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/)

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> [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/)

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> [“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/)

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> [“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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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": "sometimes i'd wake up at two or three in the morning and not be able to fall asleep again. i'd get out of bed, go to the kitchen, and pour myself a whiskey. glass in hand, i'd look down at the darkened cemetary across teh way and the headlights of the cars on the road. the moments of time linking night and dawn were long and dark. if i could cry, it might make things easier. but what would i cry over? i was too self centered to cry for other people, too old to cry for myself.",
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                        "text": "I’m not good at talking,” Naoko said. “Haven’t been for the longest while. I start to say something and the wrong words come out. Wrong or sometimes completely backward. I try to go back and correct it, but things get even more complicated and confused, so that I don’t even remember what I started to say in the first place. Like I was split into two or something, one half chasing the other. And there’s this big pillar in the middle and they go chasing each other around and around it. The other me always latches onto the right word and this me absolutely never catches up",
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                        "text": "I miss you terribly sometimes, but in general I go on living with all the energy I can muster. Just as you take care of the birds and the fields every morning, every morning I wind my own spring. I give it some 36 good twists by the time I've got up, brushed my teeth, shaved, eaten breakfast, changed my clothes, left the dorm, and arrived at the university. I tell myself, \"OK, let's make this day another good one.\" I hadn't noticed before, but they tell me I talk to myself a lot these days. Probably mumbling to myself while I wind my spring.",
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                        "text": "How many times have you said, 'This is it. I've finally found my one true love'? And how many times has the reality turned out differently? Paperback romances and fairy tales promote an ideal of a first and only love, but few of us can claim to have had such uncomplicated good fortune. For most people, the process of finding the perfect partner is one trial and error: breakups, makeups, missed opportunities and misunderstandings. Human love is a fragile creation, and sometimes the smallest thing - the wrong choice of words or a single clumsy gesture - can make love shatter, stall or fade away.",
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