“a question is embarrassing for a moment, but not asking is embarrassing for a lifetime” — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
I believe you," she whispers after a moment. "Please find my mind. — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
No matter how much time passes, no matter what takes place in the interim, there are some things we can never assign… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
I've run the Boston Marathon 6 times before. I think the best aspects of the marathon are the beautiful changes of the… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“What Tengo would have to do, it seemed, was take a hard, honest look at the past while standing at the crossroads… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“We habitually cut out pieces of time to fit us, so we tend to fool ourselves into thinking that time is our… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“I noticed for the first time that his expression was completely changed - strangely expressionless, eyes out of focus. He seemed to… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“I was at that age, that time of life when every sight, every feeling, every thought came back, like a boomerang, to… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“The new day is almost here, but the old one is still dragging its heavy skirts. Just as ocean water and river… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“Dreams are things from the past. They aren't from the future. That wasn't you imprisoned there. You imprison your dreams. You understand?… — 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
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
“The images whittled away at him like a sharp knife, steady and unrelenting. There were times he thought it would have been… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
Things like that happen all the time in this great big world of ours. It's like taking a boat out on a… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“People die all the time. Life is a lot more fragile than we think. So you should treat others in a way… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
When the orbits of these two satellites of ours happened to cross paths, we could be together. Maybe even open our hearts… — 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
“We can invest enormous time and energy in serious efforts to know another person, but in the end, how close are we… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“Samsa certainly had no idea what lay ahead. He was in the dark about everything: the future, of course, but the present… — 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
For a long time, she held a special place in my heart. I kept this special place just for her, like a… — 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
Our hearts are not stones. A stone may disintegrate in time and lose its outward form. But hearts never disintegrate. They have… — 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
“Didn't someone once say, 'A friend to kill time is a friend sublime'?" "That was you who said that, no?" "Sixth sense,… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“I like to write. I like to choose the right word, I like to write the right sentence. It's just like gardening… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“Listen, every object's in flux. The Earth, time, concepts, love, life, faith, justice, evil--they're all fluid and in transition. They don't stay… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“After such prolonged frowning, it took her some moments to recall what her normal face even looked like, but after several attempts… — 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
“First, about our Sheep Man.” “The Sheep Man’s a good guy.” “But the Sheep Man, the one who came visiting here, was… — 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
“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
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
He was silent for thirty seconds, maybe a minute. I uncrossed my legs under the table and wondered if this was the… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
Time really is one big continuous cloth, no? We habitually cut out pieces of time to fit us, so we tend to… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“Some people are polite, and some are quick. Each one’s a good quality to have, but most of the time quickness trumps… — 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
Now all you can do is wait. It must be hard for you, but there is a right time for everything. Like… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“There are times when the understanding does not come until later, when it no longer matters. Other times I do what I… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
I never could stand being forced to do something I didn't want to do at a time I didn't want to do… — 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
If writing novels is like planting a forest, then writing short stories is more like planting a garden. — Haruki Murakami Copy Share
“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
“Intelligent teenage girls were often instinctively theatrical, purposely eccentric, mouthing highly suggestive words to confuse people.” — Haruki Murakami Copy Share
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
The most dangerous creature here would have to be me. So maybe I'm just scared of my own shadow. — Haruki Murakami Copy Share
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
“that one of our problems was our inability to recognize and accept our own deformities” — Haruki Murakami Copy Share
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share
“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… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share
“You let something out of the bag before yourself knew what it was all about” — Haruki Murakami Copy Share
