Haruki Murakami quotes
Haruki Murakami
Birthdate: 12. January 1949
Haruki Murakami is a Japanese writer. His books and stories have been bestsellers in Japan as well as internationally, with his work being translated into 50 languages and selling millions of copies outside his native country. The critical acclaim for his fiction and non-fiction has led to numerous awards, in Japan and internationally, including the World Fantasy Award and the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award . His oeuvre received, for example, the Franz Kafka Prize and the Jerusalem Prize .
Murakami's most notable works include A Wild Sheep Chase , Norwegian Wood , The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle , Kafka on the Shore , and 1Q84 . He has also translated into Japanese English works by writers ranging from Raymond Carver to J. D. Salinger. His fiction, still criticized by Japan's literary establishment as un-Japanese, was influenced by Western writers from Chandler to Vonnegut by way of Brautigan. It is frequently surrealistic and melancholic or fatalistic, marked by a Kafkaesque rendition of the "recurrent themes of alienation and loneliness" he weaves into his narratives. He is also considered an important figure in postmodern literature. Steven Poole of The Guardian praised Murakami as "among the world's greatest living novelists" for his works and achievements.
Works
Quotes Haruki Murakami
— Haruki Murakami, book Kafka on the Shore
Source: Kafka on the Shore (2002), Chapter One
— Haruki Murakami, book Norwegian Wood
Source: Norwegian Wood
— Haruki Murakami, book The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
Source: The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
— Haruki Murakami, book Kafka on the Shore
Source: Kafka on the Shore (2002)
Context: And you really will have to make it through that violent, metaphysical, symbolic storm. No matter how metaphysical or symbolic it might be, make no mistake about it: it will cut through flesh like a thousand razor blades. People will bleed there, and you will bleed too. Hot, red blood. You'll catch that blood in your hands, your own blood and the blood of others. And once the storm is over you won't remember how you made it through, how you managed to survive. You won't even be sure, in fact, whether the storm is really over. But one thing is certain. When you come out of the storm you won't be the same person who walked in. That's what this storm's all about.
Chapter One
„two people can sleep in the same bed and still be alone when they close their eyes“
— Haruki Murakami, book Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
Source: Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
— Haruki Murakami, book The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
Source: The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
— Haruki Murakami, book Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman
The Kidney-shaped Stone that Moves Every Day (translated by Jay Rubin)
Source: Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman
Source: Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman: 24 Stories
„What happens when people open their hearts?"
"They get better.“
— Haruki Murakami, book Norwegian Wood
Source: Norwegian Wood
„History cannot be erased or altered. Because that would mean killing yourself.“
Source: 色彩を持たない多崎つくると、彼の巡礼の年
— Haruki Murakami, book South of the Border, West of the Sun
Source: South of the Border, West of the Sun
„After all this, I won't start to hate you.“
— Haruki Murakami, book Sputnik Sweetheart
Source: Sputnik Sweetheart
„A gentleman is someone who does not what he wants to do, but what he should do.“
— Haruki Murakami, book Norwegian Wood
Source: Norwegian Wood