Murakami Quotes

In the name of God, they stole her time and her freedom, putting shackles on her heart. They preached about God's kindness, but preached twice as much about his wrath and intolerance.

But hell, you've gotta work with what you've got.

With my eyes closed, I would touch a familiar book and draw its fragrance deep inside me. This was enough to make me happy.

Don't blame me. That's evolution. Evolution's always hard. Hard and bleak. No such thing as happy evolution.

We truly believed in something back then, and we knew we were the kind of people capable of believing in something - with all our hearts. And that kind of hope will never simply vanish.

Tell me, Doctor, are you afraid of death?""I guess it depends on how you die.

Aren't you afraid of dying?Not really. I've watched lots of good-for-nothing, worthless people die, and if people like that can do it, then I should be able to handle it.

I’ve never once thought about how I was going to die, ” she said. “I can’t think about it. I don’t even know how I’m going to live.

Aku akan bahagia jika aku dan lari bisa menua bersama.

Luka fisik memang diperlukan saat mempelajari sesuatu yang penting dalam hidup.

In those days I used to talk to myself as if reciting poetry.

It just happens to be the way that I'm made. I have to write things down to feel I fully comprehend them.

That's how it is with art. Mere humans who root through their refrigerators at three o'clock in the morning are incapable of such writing.

Writing things was important, wasn't it? Nakata asked.'Yes, it was. The process of writing was important. Even though the finished product is completely meaningless.

You know what I should do?" Hoshino asked excited. "Of course, " the cat said. "What'd I tell you? Cats know everything. Not like dogs.

Tendencies. Yougottendencies. Soevenifyoudideverythingoveragain, yourwholelife, yougottendenciestodojustwhatyoudid, alloveragain. -The Sheep Man.

Things change everyday. With each new dawn, it is not the same world as before. And you’re not the same person you were either.

I guess time doesn't flow in order, does it - A, B, C, D? It just sort of goes where it feels like going.

Every story has a time to be told

Have books ‘happened’ to you? Unless your answer to that question is ‘yes, ’ I’m unsure how to talk to you

A healthy amount of fear and respect might be a good idea

From the moment of my birth, I lived with pain at the center of my life. My only purpose in life was to find a way to coexist with intense pain.

It's not right for one friend to do all the giving and the other to do all the taking: that's not read friendship.

Listen up - there's no war that will end all wars.

If only I could fallsound asleep and wake up in my old reality!

It's all a question of imagination. Our responsibility begins with the power to imagine.

All alone in an unfamiliar place, like some solitary explorer who's lost his compass and his map. Is this what it means to be free?

I don't think I'd want Mickey Mouse pimping for me anyway.

I don't have a thing, " Tengo said, "except my soul.""Sounds like a job for Mephistopheles, " she said.

a question is embarrassing for a moment, but not asking is embarrassing for a lifetime

With jealousy, a parasite takes root in your heart. It becomes a cancer that eats away at your soul.

I'm alone, inside the world of the story. My favorite feeling in the world.

I'm alone inside the world of the story, my favorite feeling in the world.

The others in the dorm thought I wanted to be a writer, because I was always alone with a book, but I had no such ambition. ”― Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood

This may be the most important proposition revealed by history: 'At the time, no one knew what was coming.

Let your body work until it is spent, but keep your mind to yourself.

Surfing's a more profound kind of sport than it looks. When you surf, you learn not to fight the power of nature, even if it gets violent.

Being with her I feel a pain, like a frozen knife stuck in my chest. An awful pain, but the funny thing is I'm thankful for it. It's like that frozen pain and my very existence ar

Losing you is most difficult for me, but the nature of my love for you is what matters. If it distorts into half-truth, then perhaps it is better not to love you. I must keep my mind but lose you.

Opera lovers may be the narrowest people in the world.

When you’re always scheming about ways to make money, it’s like a part of you is lost.

The heart apparently doesn’t stop that easily.

A rubber plant is just about the ideal family.

Let your body work until it is spent, but keep your mind for yourself.

the mind is strong. It survives, even without thought. Even with everything taken away, it holds a seed--your self. You must believe in your own powers.

The mind is strong. It survives, even without thought. Even with everything taken away, it holds a seed—your self.

That's the way it is with the mind. Nothing is ever equal. Like a river, as it flows, the course changes with the terrain.

Money had no name, of course. And if it did have a name, it would no longer be money. What gave money its true meaning was its dark-night namelessness, its breathtaking interchangeability.

I thought about the screws and their happiness. Maybe they were glad to be free of the eggbeater, to be independent screws, to luxuriate on white trays. It did feel good to see them happy.

Mr. Nakata, this world is a terribly violent place. And nobody can escape the violence. Please keep that in mind. You can't be too cautious. The same holds true for cats and human beings.