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Books Quotes by Haruki Murakami
- I am 55 years old now. It takes three years to write one book. I don't know how many books I will be able to…
- The good thing about writing books is that you can dream while you are awake. If it’s a real dream, you cannot control it. When…
- If you miss the bus, miss the train, you’d be left behind. So everyone says, let’s get on the train, let’s get on the bus…
- I like to read books. I like to listen to music.
- My priority is my books, at least at this point. What I have to do is write the narrative of this time.
- There weren't any curtains in the windows, and the books that didn't fit into the bookshelf lay piled on the floor like a bunch of…
- If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.
- When I open them, most of the books have the smell of an earlier time leaking out between the pages - a special odor of…
- I didn't have much to say to anybody but kept to myself and my books. With my eyes closed, I would touch a familiar book…
- What do we talk about? Just ordinary things. What happened today, or books we've read, or tomorrow's weather, you know. Don't tell me you're wondering…
- My only passions were books and music. As you might guess, I led a lonely life… Not that I knew what I wanted in life…
- The world in books seemed so much more alive to me than anything outside. I could see things I'd never seen before. Books and music…
- You know what I think?" she says. "That people's memories are maybe the fuel they burn to stay alive. Whether those memories have any actual…
- I’m the kind of person who likes to be by himself. To put a finer point on it, I’m the type of person who doesn’t…
- The world in books seemed so much more alive to me than anything outside. I could see things I'd never seen before. Books and music…
- I began to draw an invisible boundary between myself and other people. No matter who I was dealing with. I maintained a set distance, carefully…
- I'm a very ordinary human being; I just happen to like reading books.
- Reading was like an addiction; I read while I ate, on the train, in bed until late at night, in school, where I'd keep the…
- I've always liked libraries. They're quiet and full of books and full of knowledge.
- Have books ‘happened’ to you? Unless your answer to that question is ‘yes,’ I’m unsure how to talk to you
- I had no ambition to be a writer because the books I read were too good, my standards were too high.
- I began to draw an invisible boundary between myself and other people. No matter who I was dealing with. I maintained a set distance, carefully…
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