--- title: "14 Special Quotes By Haruki Murakami" description: "14 Special quotes by Haruki Murakami. Plus more from Haruki Murakami and more Special sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/166/haruki-murakami-21_feeling_there-s-a-special-feeling-you-get-on-a-v_451763.jpg" --- > [There's a special feeling you get on a veranda that you just can't get anywhere else.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/there-s-a-special-feeling-you-get-on-a-veranda-that-you-just-can-t/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/166/haruki-murakami-21_feeling_there-s-a-special-feeling-you-get-on-a-v_451763.jpg) > [Time moves in it special way in the middle of the night.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/time-moves-in-it-special-way-in-the-middle-of-the-night/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/abe/haruki-murakami-21_middle_time-moves-in-it-special-way-in-the-midd_1542065.jpg) > [For a long time, she held a special place in my heart. I kept this special place just for her, like a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/for-a-long-time-she-held-a-special-place-in-my-heart-i-kept-this/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dfb/haruki-murakami-21_facts_for-a-long-time-she-held-a-special-place_1444919.jpg) > [It's true though: time moves in its own special way in the middle of the night," the bartender says, loudly striking a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/it-s-true-though-time-moves-in-its-own-special-way-in-the-middle-of/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ebd/haruki-murakami-21_bartender_it-s-true-though-time-moves-in-its-own-s_2428810.jpg) > [People want to be bowled over by something special. Nine times out of ten you might strike out, but that tenth time,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/people-want-to-be-bowled-over-by-something-special-nine-times-out-of/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9fa/haruki-murakami-21_art_people-want-to-be-bowled-over-by-somethi_791973.jpg) > [My heroes don't have anything special. They have something to tell other people but they don't know how, so they talk to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/my-heroes-don-t-have-anything-special-they-have-something-to-tell/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9a6/haruki-murakami-21_hero_my-heroes-don-t-have-anything-special-th_1501703.jpg) > [But if you knew you might not be able to see it again tomorrow, everything would suddenly become special and precious, wouldn’t…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/but-if-you-knew-you-might-not-be-able-to-see-it-again-tomorrow/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/79d/haruki-murakami-21_able_but-if-you-knew-you-might-not-be-able-to_1188072.jpg) > [“Colors shone with exceptional clarity in the rain. The ground was a deep black, the pine branches a brilliant green, the people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/colors-shone-with-exceptional-clarity-in-the-rain-the-ground-was-a/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/08a/haruki-murakami-21_black_colors-shone-with-exceptional-clarity-in_293402.jpg) > [I try not to think about anything special while running. As a matter of fact, I usually run with my mind empty.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/i-try-not-to-think-about-anything-special-while-running-as-a-matter/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4bc/haruki-murakami-21_empty_i-try-not-to-think-about-anything-specia_103487.jpg) > [When I open them, most of the books have the smell of an earlier time leaking out between the pages - a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/when-i-open-them-most-of-the-books-have-the-smell-of-an-earlier-time/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac0/haruki-murakami-21_age_when-i-open-them-most-of-the-books-have_363892.jpg) > [I often recall these words when I am writing, and I think to myself, “It’s true. There aren’t any new words. Our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/i-often-recall-these-words-when-i-am-writing-and-i-think-to-myself-it/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3d5/haruki-murakami-21_giving_i-often-recall-these-words-when-i-am-wri_877424.jpg) > [I was confident that I was a special person. But time slowly chips away at life. People don't just die when their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/i-was-confident-that-i-was-a-special-person-but-time-slowly-chips/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b4/haruki-murakami-21_accounts_i-was-confident-that-i-was-a-special-per_1249809.jpg) > [A certain something, I felt, had managed to work its way in through a tiny opening and was trying to fill a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/a-certain-something-i-felt-had-managed-to-work-its-way-in-through-a/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/58d/haruki-murakami-21_blank_a-certain-something-i-felt-had-managed-t_265757.jpg) > [There were plenty of women around who dressed smartly, and plenty more who dressed to impress, but this girl was different. Totally…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/there-were-plenty-of-women-around-who-dressed-smartly-and-plenty-more/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/acc/haruki-murakami-21_another-world_there-were-plenty-of-women-around-who-dr_2115544.jpg) ## Other authors on Special ## 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/special/haruki-murakami/#itemlist", "name": "14 Special Quotes By Haruki Murakami", "numberOfItems": 14, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There's a special feeling you get on a veranda that you just can't get anywhere else.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Haruki Murakami" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/there-s-a-special-feeling-you-get-on-a-veranda-that-you-just-can-t/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/166/haruki-murakami-21_feeling_there-s-a-special-feeling-you-get-on-a-v_451763.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/166/haruki-murakami-21_feeling_there-s-a-special-feeling-you-get-on-a-v_451763.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/166/haruki-murakami-21_feeling_there-s-a-special-feeling-you-get-on-a-v_451763.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“There's a special feeling you get on a veranda that you just can't get anywhere else.” — Haruki Murakami", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Time moves in it special way in the middle of the night.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Haruki Murakami" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/time-moves-in-it-special-way-in-the-middle-of-the-night/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/abe/haruki-murakami-21_middle_time-moves-in-it-special-way-in-the-midd_1542065.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/abe/haruki-murakami-21_middle_time-moves-in-it-special-way-in-the-midd_1542065.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/abe/haruki-murakami-21_middle_time-moves-in-it-special-way-in-the-midd_1542065.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Time moves in it special way in the middle of the night.” — Haruki Murakami", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "For a long time, she held a special place in my heart. 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