--- title: "19 Ur Eyes Quotes By Haruki Murakami" description: "19 Ur Eyes quotes by Haruki Murakami. Plus more from Haruki Murakami and more Ur Eyes sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/487/haruki-murakami-21_blackness_if-you-re-in-pitch-blackness-all-you-can_2337382.jpg" --- > [If you're in pitch blackness, all you can do is sit tight until your eyes get used to the dark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/if-you-re-in-pitch-blackness-all-you-can-do-is-sit-tight-until-your/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/487/haruki-murakami-21_blackness_if-you-re-in-pitch-blackness-all-you-can_2337382.jpg) > [Open your eyes, train your ears, use your head. If a mind you have, then use it while you can.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/open-your-eyes-train-your-ears-use-your-head-if-a-mind-you-have-then/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b98/haruki-murakami-21_ears_open-your-eyes-train-your-ears-use-your_2275354.jpg) > [What you see with your eyes is not necessarily real.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/what-you-see-with-your-eyes-is-not-necessarily-real/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7bc/haruki-murakami-21_eye_what-you-see-with-your-eyes-is-not-neces_1761492.jpg) > [“You close your eyes, and all that comes to mind are the mistakes of the past.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/you-close-your-eyes-and-all-that-comes-to-mind-are-the-mistakes-of/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/48b/haruki-murakami-21_close-your-eyes_you-close-your-eyes-and-all-that-comes-t_2113256.jpg) > [“Is that what you see in my eyes, that you know nothing about me?” “Nothing is written in your eyes". I replied.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/is-that-what-you-see-in-my-eyes-that-you-know-nothing-about-me/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/999/haruki-murakami-21_love_is-that-what-you-see-in-my-eyes-that-you_2998734.jpg) > [“Nothing’s going to disappear just because you can’t see what’s going on. In fact, things will be even worse the next time…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/nothing-s-going-to-disappear-just-because-you-can-t-see-what-s-going/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/038/haruki-murakami-21_next-time_nothing-s-going-to-disappear-just-becaus_2191663.jpg) > [“Reading aloud is different from just following sentences with your eyes. Something quite unexpected wells up in your mind, a kind of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/reading-aloud-is-different-from-just-following-sentences-with-your/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/72a/haruki-murakami-21_psychology_reading-aloud-is-different-from-just-fol_1640765.jpg) > [It's just a feeling I have. What you see with your eyes is not necessarily real. My enemy is, among other things,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/it-s-just-a-feeling-i-have-what-you-see-with-your-eyes-is-not/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/716/haruki-murakami-21_enemy_it-s-just-a-feeling-i-have-what-you-see_215416.jpg) > [“That's another one of our rules. Closing your eyes isn't going to change anything. Nothing's going to disappear just because you can't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/that-s-another-one-of-our-rules-closing-your-eyes-isn-t-going-to/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf8/haruki-murakami-21_closing-your-eyes_that-s-another-one-of-our-rules-closing_933499.jpg) > [Like you're riding a train at night across some vast plain, and you catch a glimpse of a tiny light in a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/like-you-re-riding-a-train-at-night-across-some-vast-plain-and-you/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec9/haruki-murakami-21_behinds_like-you-re-riding-a-train-at-night-acro_1482407.jpg) > [Closing your eyes isn't going to change anything. Nothing is going to disappear just because you can't see what is going on.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/closing-your-eyes-isn-t-going-to-change-anything-nothing-is-going-to/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/321/haruki-murakami-21_closing_closing-your-eyes-isn-t-going-to-change_1752102.jpg) > [Math is like water. It has a lot of difficult theories, of course, but its basic logic is very simple. Just as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/math-is-like-water-it-has-a-lot-of-difficult-theories-of-course-but/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/41d/haruki-murakami-21_attention_math-is-like-water-it-has-a-lot-of-diffi_2510615.jpg) > [“You have to look!" Johnnie Walker commanded. "That's another one of our rules. Closing your eyes isn't going to change anything. Nothing's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/you-have-to-look-johnnie-walker-commanded-that-s-another-one-of-our/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9a6/haruki-murakami-21_closing-your-eyes_you-have-to-look-johnnie-walker-commande_1052261.jpg) > [“All's well that ends well.' 'Assuming there's an end somewhere,' Aomame said. Tamaru formed some short creases near his mouth that were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/all-s-well-that-ends-well-assuming-there-s-an-end-somewhere-aomame-2/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/992/haruki-murakami-21_all-s-well-that-ends_all-s-well-that-ends-well-assuming-there_1518104.jpg) > [“It doesn't matter what form she takes - a living spirit, an illusion - but you have to see her, have to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/it-doesn-t-matter-what-form-she-takes-a-living-spirit-an-illusion-but/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0fe/haruki-murakami-21_close-your-eyes_it-doesn-t-matter-what-form-she-takes-a_1034143.jpg) > [They tell us that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself,but I don't believe that." he said. Then, a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/they-tell-us-that-the-only-thing-we-have-to-fear-is-fear-itself-but-i/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/247/haruki-murakami-21_believe_they-tell-us-that-the-only-thing-we-have_2533380.jpg) > [Fate is like a small sandstorm that keeps changing directions. You change direction but the sandstorm chases you. You turn again, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/fate-is-like-a-small-sandstorm-that-keeps-changing-directions-you/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d6/haruki-murakami-21_can-do_fate-is-like-a-small-sandstorm-that-keep_805477.jpg) > [“As you are all aware, in the course of life we experience many kinds of pain. Pains of the body and pains…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/as-you-are-all-aware-in-the-course-of-life-we-experience-many-kinds/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f89/haruki-murakami-21_break-free_as-you-are-all-aware-in-the-course-of-li_1665928.jpg) > [“Sometimes fate is like a small sandstorm that keeps changing directions. You change direction but the sandstorm chases you. You turn again,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/sometimes-fate-is-like-a-small-sandstorm-that-keeps-changing-4/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dbe/haruki-murakami-21_closing-your-eyes_sometimes-fate-is-like-a-small-sandstorm_2518016.jpg) ## Other authors on Ur Eyes ## 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/ur-eyes/haruki-murakami/#itemlist", "name": "19 Ur Eyes Quotes By Haruki Murakami", "numberOfItems": 19, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If you're in pitch blackness, all you can do is sit tight until your eyes get used to the dark", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Haruki Murakami" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/if-you-re-in-pitch-blackness-all-you-can-do-is-sit-tight-until-your/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/487/haruki-murakami-21_blackness_if-you-re-in-pitch-blackness-all-you-can_2337382.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/487/haruki-murakami-21_blackness_if-you-re-in-pitch-blackness-all-you-can_2337382.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/487/haruki-murakami-21_blackness_if-you-re-in-pitch-blackness-all-you-can_2337382.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If you're in pitch blackness, all you can do is sit tight until your eyes get used to the dark” — Haruki Murakami", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Open your eyes, train your ears, use your head. 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''The reason that people sing songs for other people is because they want to have the power to arouse empathy, to break free of the narrow shell of the self and share their pain and joy with others. This is not an easy thing to do, of course. And so tonight, as kind of experiment, I want you to experience a simpler, more physical kind of empathy. Lights please.'' Everyone in the place was hushed now, all eyes fixed on stage. Amid the silence, the man stared off into space, as if to insert a pause or to reach a state of mental concentration. Then, without a word, he held his hand over the lighted candle. Little by little, he brought the palm closer and closer to the flame. Someone in the audience made a sound like a sigh or a moan. You could see the tip of the flame burning the man's palm. You could almost hear the sizzle of the flesh. A woman let out a hard little scream. Everyone else just watched in frozen horror. The man endured the pain, his face distorted in agony. 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