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title: "25 Waiting Quotes By Haruki Murakami"
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> [Will you wait for me forever?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/will-you-wait-for-me-forever/)

[Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/)

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> [“I guess I've been waiting so long I'm looking for perfection. That makes it tough.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/i-guess-i-ve-been-waiting-so-long-i-m-looking-for-perfection-that-3/)

[Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/)

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> [When I start to write, I don't have any plan at all. I just wait for the story to come.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/when-i-start-to-write-i-don-t-have-any-plan-at-all-i-just-wait-for/)

[Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/)

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> [For a while" is a phrase whose length can't be measured.At least by the person who's waiting.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/for-a-while-is-a-phrase-whose-length-can-t-be-measured-at-least-by/)

[Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/)

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> [The honour of physical decline is waiting, and you have to get used to that reality.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/the-honour-of-physical-decline-is-waiting-and-you-have-to-get-used-to/)

[Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/)

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> [“We don't find out what's waiting for us around the next corner until we turn it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/we-don-t-find-out-what-s-waiting-for-us-around-the-next-corner-until/)

[Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/)

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> [Everyone, deep in their hearts, is waiting for the end of the world to come.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/everyone-deep-in-their-hearts-is-waiting-for-the-end-of-the-world-to/)

[Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/)

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> [“I can't read, can't listen to music. I can't do anything but just sit there, waiting for morning to come.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/i-can-t-read-can-t-listen-to-music-i-can-t-do-anything-but-just-sit/)

[Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/)

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> [You have to wait until tomorrow to find out what tomorrow will bring.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/you-have-to-wait-until-tomorrow-to-find-out-what-tomorrow-will-bring/)

[Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/)

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> [Now all you can do is wait. It must be hard for you, but there is a right time for everything. Like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/now-all-you-can-do-is-wait-it-must-be-hard-for-you-but-there-is-a/)

[Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/)

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> [Waiting for your answer is one of the most painful things I have ever been through. At least let me know whether…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/waiting-for-your-answer-is-one-of-the-most-painful-things-i-have-ever/)

[Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/)

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> [Never let the darkness or negativity outside affect your inner self. Just wait until morning comes and the bright light will drown…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/never-let-the-darkness-or-negativity-outside-affect-your-inner-self/)

[Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/)

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> [A girl doesn't always want to go out, you know, Mr. Wind-Up Bird. Sometimes she feels like being nasty--like, if the guy's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/a-girl-doesn-t-always-want-to-go-out-you-know-mr-wind-up-bird/)

[Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/)

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> [I want to write about people who dream and wait for the night to end, who long for the light so they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/i-want-to-write-about-people-who-dream-and-wait-for-the-night-to-end/)

[Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/)

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> [So I made up my mind I was going to find someone who would love me unconditionally three hundred and sixty-five days…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/so-i-made-up-my-mind-i-was-going-to-find-someone-who-would-love-me/)

[Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/)

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> [In traveling, a companion, in life, compassion,'" she repeats, making sure of it. If she had paper and pencil, it wouldn't surprise…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/in-traveling-a-companion-in-life-compassion-she-repeats-making-sure/)

[Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/)

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> [my heart would swell without warning, and tremble, and lurch with a stab of pain. I would try clamping my eyes shut…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/my-heart-would-swell-without-warning-and-tremble-and-lurch-with-a/)

[Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/)

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> [All you have to do is wait,” I explained. “Sit tight and wait for the right moment. Not try to change anything…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/all-you-have-to-do-is-wait-i-explained-sit-tight-and-wait-for-the/)

[Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/)

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> [I often recall these words when I am writing, and I think to myself, “It’s true. There aren’t any new words. Our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/i-often-recall-these-words-when-i-am-writing-and-i-think-to-myself-it/)

[Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/)

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> [“It was a narrow world, a world that was standing still. But the narrower it became, the more it betook of stillness,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/it-was-a-narrow-world-a-world-that-was-standing-still-but-the/)

[Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/)

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> [I want to write stories that are different from the ones I've written so far, Junpei thought: I want to write about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/i-want-to-write-stories-that-are-different-from-the-ones-i-ve-written/)

[Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/)

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> [Then when dusk began to settle he would retrace his steps, back to his own world. And on the way home, a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/then-when-dusk-began-to-settle-he-would-retrace-his-steps-back-to-his/)

[Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/)

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> [Has the dark shadow really disappeared? Or is it inside me, concealed, waiting for its chance to reappear? Like a clever thief…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/has-the-dark-shadow-really-disappeared-or-is-it-inside-me-concealed/)

[Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/)

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> [Once, when I was younger, I thought I could be someone else. I'd move to Casablanca, open a bar, and I'd meet…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/once-when-i-was-younger-i-thought-i-could-be-someone-else-i-d-move-to/)

[Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/)

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> [I guess I've been waiting so long I'm looking for perfection. That makes it tough." "Waiting for perfect love?" "No, even I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/i-guess-i-ve-been-waiting-so-long-i-m-looking-for-perfection-that-2/)

[Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/)

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## Other authors on Waiting

## 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/)

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                        "text": "Once, when I was younger, I thought I could be someone else. I'd move to Casablanca, open a bar, and I'd meet Ingrid Bergman. Or more realistically - whether actually more realistic or not - I'd tune in on a better life, something more suited to my true self. Toward that end, I had to undergo training. I read The Greening of America, and I saw Easy Rider three times. But like a boat with a twisted rudder, I kept coming back to the same place. I wasn't anywhere. I was myself, waiting on the shore for me to return.",
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                        "text": "I guess I've been waiting so long I'm looking for perfection. That makes it tough.\" \"Waiting for perfect love?\" \"No, even I know better than that. I'm looking for selfishness. Like, say I tell you I want to eat strawberry shortcake. And you stop everything you're doing and run out and buy it for me. And you come back out of breath and get down on your knees and hold this strawberry shortcake out to me. And I say I don't want it anymore and throw it out the window. That's what I'm looking for.",
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