“Once upon a time, there lived a boy and a girl. The boy was eighteen and the girl sixteen. He was not… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
"I believe you," she whispers after a moment. "Please find my mind." — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
I read Naoko's letter again and again, and each time I read it I would be filled with the same unbearable sadness… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
I was confident that I was a special person. But time slowly chips away at life. People don't just die when their… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“At the same time that 'I' am the content of a relation, 'I' am also that which does the relating.” — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“Needless to say, someday you’re going to lose. Over time the body inevitably deteriorates. Sooner or later, it’s defeated and disappears. When… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“At times Komatsu’s eyes would take on a sharp glow, like stars glittering in the winter night sky. And if something caused… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“In ancient times people weren't just male or female, but one of three types: male/male, male/female, or female/female. In other words, each… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“But it's strange, isn't it?" Eri said. "What is?" "That amazing time in our lives is gone, and will never return. All… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
Despite your best efforts, people are going to be hurt when it's time for them to be hurt. — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
In other words, let's face it: Life is basically unfair. But even in a situation that's unfair, I think it's possible to… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
What matters is deciding in your heart to accept another person completely. When you do that, it is always the first time… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“When you see runners in town, it's easy to distinguish beginners from veterans. Their hearts, lost in thought, slowly tick away time.… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
As long as possible, I would really like to complete one marathon per year. Though my time has been slowing down as… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“No two human beings are alike; it's a question of identity. And what is identity? The cognitive system arisin' from the aggregate… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
Dreams come from the past, not from the future. Dreams shouldn't control you--you should control them. — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
I closed my eyes and tried to sleep. But it was not until much later that I was able to get any… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“It was the first time Junko felt a certain "something" as she watched the flames of a bonfire: "something" deep down, a… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“The passage of time will usually extract the venom from most things and render them harmless. Then, sooner or later, I forget… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
Once again, life had a lesson to teach me: It takes years to build up, it takes moments to destroy. — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“I am, indeed, pure Frog, but at the same time I am a thing that stands for a world of un-Frog.” — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“I guess time doesn't flow in order, does it - A, B, C, D? It just sort of goes where it feels… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
I used to think the years would go by in order, that you get older one year at a time. But it's… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“College transported me to a new town, where I tried, one more time, to reinvent myself. Becoming someone new, I could correct… — 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
