Haruki Murakami: Trending quotes (page 17)

“How wonderful it is to be able to write someone a letter! To feel like conveying your thoughts to a person, to sit at your desk and pick up a pen, to put your thoughts into words like this is truly marvelous.”

“I don't want our relationship to end like this. You're one of the very few friends I have, and it hurts not being able to see you. When am I going to be able to talk to you? I want you to tell me that much, at least.”

“No matter what form the relationship might take, he was the only person she could picture sharing her life with.”

“It's like a kid standing at the window watching the rain.”

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

“Why do I act like this, agreeing when I really disagree, letting people force me to do things I don't want to do?”

“Forgive me for stating the obvious, but the world is made up of all kinds of people.”

“Most human activities are predicated on the assumption that life goes on. If you take that premise away, what is there left?”

“The right words always seemed to come too late.”

“Huge organizations and me don't get along. They're too inflexible, waste too much time, and have too many stupid people.”

“It's like the Tibetan Wheel of the Passions. As the wheel turns, the values and feelings on the outer rim rise and fall, shining or sinking into darkness. But true love stays fastened to the axle and doesn't move.”

“Perhaps most people in the world aren’t trying to be free, Kafka. They just think they are. It’s all an illusion. If they really were set free, most people would be in a real pickle. You’d better remember that. People actually prefer not being free?”

“The world isn’t that easily turned upside down, Haida replied. It’s people who are turned upside down.”

“You've already decided what you're going to do, and all that's left is to set the wheels in motion. I mean, it's your life. Basically, you gotta go with what you think is right.”

“Cell phones are so convenient that they're an inconvenience.”

“I'm all alone, but I'm not lonely.”

“Don't let appearances fool you. There's always only one reality!”

“Potentiality knocks on the door of my heart. [On Seeing The 100% Perfect Girl One Beautiful April Morning ]”

“You can see a person's whole life in the cancer they get.”