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“People whose freedom is taken away always end up hating somebody.”

Haruki Murakami book Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage

Source: Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage

“But you know Hajime, some feelings cause us painthey remain.”

Haruki Murakami book South of the Border, West of the Sun

Source: South of the Border, West of the Sun

“What we see before us is just one tiny part of the world. We get in the habit of thinking, this is the world, but that's not true at all. The real world is a much darker and deeper place than this, and much of it is occupied by jellyfish and things.”

Haruki Murakami book The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle

Source: The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle

“Whether you take the doughnut hole as a blank space or as an entity unto itself is a purely metaphysical question and does not affect the taste of the doughnut one bit.”

Haruki Murakami book A Wild Sheep Chase

Source: A Wild Sheep Chase: A Novel (1982), Chapter 10, Counting Sheep

“Autumn finally arrived. And when it did, I came to a decision. Something had to give: I couldn't keep on living like this.”

Haruki Murakami book South of the Border, West of the Sun

Source: South of the Border, West of the Sun

“It's my motto for life. 'Walk slowly; drink lots of water.”

Haruki Murakami book After Dark

Source: After Dark

“People soon get tired of things that aren't boring, but not of what is boring.”

Haruki Murakami book Kafka on the Shore

Source: Kafka on the Shore (2002), Chapter 13

“Everyone just keeps on disappearing. Some things vanish, like they were cut away. Others fade slowly into the mist. And all that remains is a desert.”

Haruki Murakami book South of the Border, West of the Sun

Source: South of the Border, West of the Sun

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

Haruki Murakami book Norwegian Wood

Source: Norwegian Wood

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

Haruki Murakami book The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle

Source: The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle

“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. There was nothing I wanted to be.”

Haruki Murakami book Norwegian Wood

Source: Norwegian Wood

“Everything just blows me away.”

Haruki Murakami book Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman

Source: Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman

“A person's last moments are an important thing. You can't choose how you're born but you can choose how you die.”

Haruki Murakami book 1Q84

Source: 1Q84

“Results aside, the ability to have complete faith in another human being is one of the finest qualities a person can possess.”

Haruki Murakami book The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle

Source: The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle

“My shadow is only half of what it should be."
"Everyone has their shortcomings.”

Haruki Murakami book Kafka on the Shore

Source: Kafka on the Shore