“Time does not expand." "But time is actually expanding, isn't it? You yourself said that time adds up." "That's only because time… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“With Naoko gone, I went to sleep on the sofa. I hadn't intended to do so, but I fell into the kind… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“But listen to me--there are times in life when those kinds of excuses don't cut it anymore. Situations when nobody cares whether… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
If you want everything to be nice and straight all the time, then go live in a world made with a triungular… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“Person A understand Person B because the time is right for that to happen, not because Person B wants to be understood… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“It was the age, that time of life when every sight, every feeling, every thought came back, like a boomerang, to me.” — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
Unfortunately, the clock is ticking, the hours are going by. The past increases, the future recedes. Possibilities decreasing, regrets mounting. — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“That's when I gave up pinball. When the times comes, everybody gives up pinball. Nothing more to it.” — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“I guess I don't really understand you yet,' I said. 'I'm not all that smart. It takes me a while to understand… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
Time, of course, topples everyone in its path equally- the way that driver beats his old horse until it dies. But the… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“I’m not trying to imply I can keep up this silent, isolated facade all the time. Sometimes the wall I’ve erected around… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
Most things are forgotten over time. Even the war itself, the life-and-death struggle people went through, is now like something from the… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“He wished he could be with her longer, spend more time with her, have a good, leisurely talk. But she had her… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“The Earth, after all, doesn’t creak and groan its way around the sun just so human beings can have a good time… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
When I write about a 15-year old, I jump, I return to the days when I was that age. It's like a… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
People want to be bowled over by something special. Nine times out of ten you might strike out, but that tenth time,… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“And in that moment, he was finally able to accept it all. In the deepest recesses of his soul, Tsukuru Tazaki understood.… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“I think what you ought to do is start by thinking about the simplest things and go from there. For example, you… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“I never had a cat again. I still like cats, though I decided at the time that that poor little cat who… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“From the moment of my birth, I lived with pain at the center of my life. My only purpose in life was… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“I was attracted to her from the first time we talked, and soon there was no turning back. For a long time… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“Maybe weakness in his character, or trauma from his past. Or perhaps something in the present was causing his problem. Or maybe… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“But there are times in this world when it’s not enough just not to do the wrong thing” — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
It's true that at the time I was fond of Kurt Vonnegut and Richard Brautigan, and it was from them that I… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
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,… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
If writing novels is like planting a forest, then writing short stories is more like planting a garden. — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“The sad truth is that what I could recall in five seconds all too soon needed ten, then thirty, thena full minute...” — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“Intelligent teenage girls were often instinctively theatrical, purposely eccentric, mouthing highly suggestive words to confuse people.” — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
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… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
The most dangerous creature here would have to be me. So maybe I'm just scared of my own shadow. — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
If you listen to the radio for a whole hour there's maybe one decent song. The rest is mass-produced garbage — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“that one of our problems was our inability to recognize and accept our own deformities” — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“When I look back at myself at age twenty, what I remember most is being alone and lonely. I had no girlfriend to warm… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“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,… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“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… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“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… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
