Haruki Murakami: Trending quotes (page 21)

“Sometimes, however, this sense of isolation, like acid spilling out of a bottle, can unconsciously eat away at a person’s heart and dissolve it.”

“In most cases learning something essential in life requires physical pain.”

“I'm your phantom dance partner. I'm your shadow. I'm not anything more.”

“What if I’ve forgotten the most important thing?”

“The world is full of ways and means to waste time.”

“No matter how far you travel, you can never get away from yourself. It’s like your shadow. It follows you everywhere. -Komura”

“If there’s something I can’t do but want to, I won’t relax until I’m able to do it.”

“So this was how secrets got started, I thought to myself. People constructed them little by little.”

“Nobody's easier to fool, than the person who is convinced that he is right.”

“I just run. I run in void. Or maybe I should put it the other way: I run in order to acquire a void.”

“Now all you can do is wait. It must be hard for you, but there is a right time for everything. Like the ebb and flow of tides. No one can do anything to change them. When it is time to wait, you must wait.”

“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 were my best friends. I had a couple of good friends at school, but never met anyone I could really speak my heart to.”

“The pillow smells like the sunlight, a precious smell.”

“In his own way, he's lived life with all the intensity he could muster.”

“Sometimes you’re just the sweetest thing. Like Christmas, summer vacation, and a brand-new puppy rolled into one.”

“I would never see her again, except in memory. She was here, and now she's gone. There is no middle ground. Probably is a word that you may find south of the border. But never, ever west of the sun.”

“You can have tons of talent, but it won't necessarily keep you fed. If you have sharp instincts, through, you'll never go hungry.”

“Of what value is a civilization that can't toast a piece of bread as ordered?”

“We never choose anything at all. Things happen. Or not.”