Ever since time began (when was that, I wonder?), it's been moving ever forward without a moment's rest. And one of the… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
Time flows in strange ways on Sundays, and sights become mysteriously distorted. — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“In the name of God, they stole her time and her freedom, putting shackles on her heart. They preached about God's kindness,… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
Closing your eyes isn't going to change anything. Nothing is going to disappear just because you can't see what is going on.… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
There's not much you can do about time - it just keeps on passing. But experience? Don't tell me that. I'm not… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“Seeing a lot of water like that every day is probably an important thing for human beings. For human beings might be… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“Tengo realized this was the first time he had ever heard anything resembling polite language from Fuka-Eri's mouth. No, it might not… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
As I see it, you are living with something that you keep hidden deep inside. Something heavy. I felt it from the… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“True, there are those in our league who take even less time. But they don't do any research. They do a handful… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“life had a lesson to teach me: it takes years to build up, it takes moments to destroy” — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“A simple change of scenery can bring about powerful shifts in the flow of time and emotions” — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“Any one who falls in love is searching for the missing pieces of themselves. So anyone who’s in love gets sad when… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
All you have to do is wait,” I explained. “Sit tight and wait for the right moment. Not try to change anything… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“And you know, this thought crossed my mind at the time: maybe chance is a pretty common thing after all. Those kinds… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
Her smile steps offstage for a moment, then does an encore, all while I'm dealing with my blushing face. — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“At some point the future becomes reality. And then it quickly becomes the past.” — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“But how do you see you?" she asked. "Ever read The Brothers Karamazov?" I asked. "Once, a long time ago." "Well, toward… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
I hurt myself deeply, though at the time I had no idea how deeply. I should have learned many things from that… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“After all, what does the stock market sell us if not the unfounded hope of a rosy future?” — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“That's what it's like to lose a woman. And at a certain time, losing one woman means losing all women. That's how… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
When you're young, you think you can handle anything. By the time you find out otherwise, it's already too late. You got… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“When I open them, most of the books have the smell of an earlier time leaking out from between their pages –… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“And how was my time? Truth be told, not so great. At least, not as good as I’d been secretly hoping for.… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“nothing like that. it had more to do with his face. which, although presentable, gave me the feeling that his every expression… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
I tell lies sometimes. The last time I lied was a year ago. I absolutely detest lying. You could say that lying… — 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
