--- title: "22 Strange Quotes By Haruki Murakami" description: "22 Strange quotes by Haruki Murakami. Plus more from Haruki Murakami and more Strange sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa7/haruki-murakami-21_feeling_it-was-a-strange-feeling-like-touching-a_2921244.jpg" --- > [It was a strange feeling, like touching a void.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/it-was-a-strange-feeling-like-touching-a-void/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa7/haruki-murakami-21_feeling_it-was-a-strange-feeling-like-touching-a_2921244.jpg) > [Time flows in a strange way on Sundays.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/time-flows-in-a-strange-way-on-sundays/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e3/haruki-murakami-21_flow_time-flows-in-a-strange-way-on-sundays-1_1568452.jpg) > [People leave strange little memories of themselves behind when they die.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/people-leave-strange-little-memories-of-themselves-behind-when-they/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a28/haruki-murakami-21_behinds_people-leave-strange-little-memories-of_2210773.jpg) > [I happen to like the strange ones. People who look normal and leads normal lives - they're the ones you have to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/i-happen-to-like-the-strange-ones-people-who-look-normal-and-leads/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/074/haruki-murakami-21_looks_i-happen-to-like-the-strange-ones-people_2426296.jpg) > [Those were strange days, now that I look back at them. In the midst of life, everything revolved around death.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/those-were-strange-days-now-that-i-look-back-at-them-in-the-midst-of/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/520/haruki-murakami-21_death_those-were-strange-days-now-that-i-look_1495545.jpg) > [Time flows in strange ways on Sundays, and sights become mysteriously distorted.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/time-flows-in-strange-ways-on-sundays-and-sights-become-mysteriously/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/06f/haruki-murakami-21_flow_time-flows-in-strange-ways-on-sundays-an_1743431.jpg) > [Overhead, the two moons worked together to bathe the world in a strange light.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/overhead-the-two-moons-worked-together-to-bathe-the-world-in-a/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ee/haruki-murakami-21_light_overhead-the-two-moons-worked-together-t_3143809.jpg) > [I didn't want to be a writer, but I became one. And now I have many readers, in many countries. I think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/i-didn-t-want-to-be-a-writer-but-i-became-one-and-now-i-have-many/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/09e/haruki-murakami-21_ability_i-didn-t-want-to-be-a-writer-but-i-becam_2923261.jpg) > [One last word of advice, though, Mr. Okada, though you may not want to hear this. There are things in this world…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/one-last-word-of-advice-though-mr-okada-though-you-may-not-want-to/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9da/haruki-murakami-21_advice_one-last-word-of-advice-though-mr-okada_1017156.jpg) > [Do you know what ‘Sputnik’ means in Russian? ‘Travelling companion’. I looked it up in a dictionary not long ago. Kind of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/do-you-know-what-sputnik-means-in-russian-travelling-companion-i/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d44/haruki-murakami-21_coincidence_do-you-know-what-sputnik-means-in-russia_1475218.jpg) > [Isn't life strange? There are people who have so many leftover clothes they can't stuff them all in their wardrobe. And then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/isn-t-life-strange-there-are-people-who-have-so-many-leftover-clothes/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce9/haruki-murakami-21_clothes_isn-t-life-strange-there-are-people-who_184445.jpg) > [“But it's strange, isn't it?" Eri said. "What is?" "That amazing time in our lives is gone, and will never return. All…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/but-it-s-strange-isn-t-it-eri-said-what-is-that-amazing-time-in-our/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/77a/haruki-murakami-21_time_but-it-s-strange-isn-t-it-eri-said-what_1294584.jpg) > [I write weird stories. I don't know why I like weirdness so much ... But when I write, I write weird. That's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/i-write-weird-stories-i-don-t-know-why-i-like-weirdness-so-much-but/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9a7/haruki-murakami-21_being-weird_i-write-weird-stories-i-don-t-know-why-i_2104240.jpg) > [Many people tell me that they don 't know what to feel when they finish one of my books because the story…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/many-people-tell-me-that-they-don-t-know-what-to-feel-when-they/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/90a/haruki-murakami-21_because_many-people-tell-me-that-they-don-t-know_2470013.jpg) > [I have this strange feeling that I'm not myself anymore. It's hard to put into words, but I guess it's like I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/i-have-this-strange-feeling-that-i-m-not-myself-anymore-it-s-hard-to/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d0e/haruki-murakami-21_back-together_i-have-this-strange-feeling-that-i-m-not_2298297.jpg) > [Listen. I may not be much, but I'm all I've got. Maybe you need a magnifying glass to find my face in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/listen-i-may-not-be-much-but-i-m-all-i-ve-got-maybe-you-need-a/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/693/haruki-murakami-21_behinds_listen-i-may-not-be-much-but-i-m-all-i-v_2876611.jpg) > [“It was a narrow world, a world that was standing still. But the narrower it became, the more it betook of stillness,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/it-was-a-narrow-world-a-world-that-was-standing-still-but-the/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d61/haruki-murakami-21_bird_it-was-a-narrow-world-a-world-that-was-s_1840121.jpg) > [Strange and mysterious things, though, aren't they - earthquakes? We take it for granted that the earth beneath our feet is solid…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/strange-and-mysterious-things-though-aren-t-they-earthquakes-we-take/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f8d/haruki-murakami-21_boulders_strange-and-mysterious-things-though-are_2099126.jpg) > [Hey, what is it with you? Why are you so spaced out? You still haven't answered me." I probably still haven't completely…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/hey-what-is-it-with-you-why-are-you-so-spaced-out-you-still-haven-t/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/364/haruki-murakami-21_adapted_hey-what-is-it-with-you-why-are-you-so-s_1478845.jpg) > [“There was something strange about her becoming 20. I felt as if the only thing that made sense, whether for Naoko or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/there-was-something-strange-about-her-becoming-20-i-felt-as-if-the/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c4/haruki-murakami-21_strange_there-was-something-strange-about-her-be_255357.jpg) > [Well, finally, the events I've been through have been tremendously complicated. All kinds of characters have come on the scene, and strange…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/well-finally-the-events-i-ve-been-through-have-been-tremendously/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f75/haruki-murakami-21_all-kinds_well-finally-the-events-i-ve-been-throug_1076118.jpg) > [A strange, terrific force unlike anything I've ever experienced is sprouting in my heart, taking root there, growing. Shut up behind my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/a-strange-terrific-force-unlike-anything-i-ve-ever-experienced-is/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0fa/haruki-murakami-21_behinds_a-strange-terrific-force-unlike-anything_106802.jpg) ## Other authors on Strange ## 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/strange/haruki-murakami/#itemlist", "name": "22 Strange Quotes By Haruki Murakami", "numberOfItems": 22, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It was a strange feeling, like touching a void.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Haruki Murakami" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/it-was-a-strange-feeling-like-touching-a-void/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa7/haruki-murakami-21_feeling_it-was-a-strange-feeling-like-touching-a_2921244.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa7/haruki-murakami-21_feeling_it-was-a-strange-feeling-like-touching-a_2921244.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa7/haruki-murakami-21_feeling_it-was-a-strange-feeling-like-touching-a_2921244.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It was a strange feeling, like touching a void.” — Haruki Murakami", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Time flows in a strange way on Sundays.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Haruki Murakami" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/time-flows-in-a-strange-way-on-sundays/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e3/haruki-murakami-21_flow_time-flows-in-a-strange-way-on-sundays-1_1568452.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e3/haruki-murakami-21_flow_time-flows-in-a-strange-way-on-sundays-1_1568452.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e3/haruki-murakami-21_flow_time-flows-in-a-strange-way-on-sundays-1_1568452.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Time flows in a strange way on Sundays.” — Haruki Murakami", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "People leave strange little memories of themselves behind when they die.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Haruki Murakami" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/people-leave-strange-little-memories-of-themselves-behind-when-they/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a28/haruki-murakami-21_behinds_people-leave-strange-little-memories-of_2210773.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a28/haruki-murakami-21_behinds_people-leave-strange-little-memories-of_2210773.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a28/haruki-murakami-21_behinds_people-leave-strange-little-memories-of_2210773.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“People leave strange little memories of themselves behind when they die.” — Haruki Murakami", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I happen to like the strange ones. 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