The young man knows that he is irretrievably lost. This is no town of cats, he finally realizes. It is the place… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
Many people, especially young people, would like to be more independent and on their own. But it is very difficult and they… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
We were young, and we had no need for prophecies. Just living was itself an act of prophecy. — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
Most young people were getting jobs in big companies, becoming company men. I wanted to be individual. — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
Now and then may not be enough…You have to enjoy it while you’re still young. enjoy it to the fullest. You can… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
Young people these days don't trust anything at all. They want to be free. — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
And so they parted, she to the east, and he to the west. The test they had agreed upon, however, was utterly… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
At any rate, that’s how I started running. Thirty three—that’s how old I was then. Still young enough, though no longer a… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
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
Her partially open lips now opened wide, and her soft, fragrant tongue entered his mouth, where it began a relentless search for… — 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
I am struck by how, except when you're young, you really need to prioritize in life, figuring out in what order you… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
I’m the kind of person who likes to be by himself. To put a finer point on it, I’m the type of… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
I laughed. “You’re too young to be so … pessimistic,” I said, using the English word. “Pessi-what?” “Pessimistic. It means looking only… — 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
