Haruki Murakami Quotes
Source: What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
Source: What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
Source: South of the Border, West of the Sun
Source: Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World (1985), Chapter 18:
Source: What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
“Time moves in it special way in the middle of the night.”
Source: After Dark
“Hey, Mr. Nakata. Gramps. Fire! Flood! Earthquake! Revolution! Godzilla's on the loose! Get!”
Source: Kafka on the Shore
“I'll never see them again. I know that. And they know that. And knowing this, we say farewell.”
Source: Kafka on the Shore
Source: Sputnik Sweetheart
Source: Kafka on the Shore (2002), Chapter 12
Context: Most things are forgotten over time. Even the war itself, the life-and-death struggle people went through, is now like something from the distant past. We're so caught up in our everyday lives that events of the past, like ancient stars that have burned out, are no longer in orbit around our minds. There are just too many things we have to think about every day, too many new things we have to learn. New styles, new information, new technology, new terminology... But still, no matter how much time passes, no matter what takes place in the interim, there are some things we can never assign to oblivion, memories we can never rub away. They remain with us forever, like a touchstone. And for me, what happened in the woods that day is one of these.
Source: South of the Border, West of the Sun
“Love can rebuild the world, they say, so everything's possible when it comes to love.”
Source: Kafka on the Shore
“Time expands, then contracts, all in tune with the stirrings of the heart.”
Source: Kafka on the Shore
“Mediocrity is like a spot on your shirt, it never comes off.”
Dance, Dance, Dance
Source: Dance Dance Dance
“I’ve built a wall around me, never letting anybody inside and trying not to venture outside myself”
Source: Kafka on the Shore
Source: Kafka on the Shore
Source: A Wild Sheep Chase: A Novel (1982), Chapter 2: Sixteen Steps
“I never trust people with no appetite. It's like they're always holding something back on you.”
Source: Hardboiled Wonderland and the End of the World (1985), Chapter 35, Nail Clippers, Butter Sauce, Iron Vase
Source: Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
Source: Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman: 24 Stories
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
Source: Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World (1985), Chapter 38, Escape
“Never let fear and stupid pride make you lose someone who's precious to you.”
Source: Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage
“Even castles in the sky can do with a fresh coat of paint.”
Source: South of the Border, West of the Sun
Variant: Violence does not always take visible form, and not all wounds gush blood.
Source: 1Q84
“Open your eyes, train your ears, use your head. If a mind you have, then use it while you can.”
Source: Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
“The dead will always be dead, but we have to go on living.”
Source: Norwegian Wood
Source: Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World (1985), Chapter 16: The Coming of Winter
“Sometimes taking time is actually a shortcut.”
Source: What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
Source: Hardboiled Wonderland and the End of the World (1985), Chapter 32, Shadow in the Throes of Death
Source: Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
Context: First, about the mind. You tell me there is no fighting or hatred or desire in the Town. That this is a beautiful dream, and I do want your happiness. But the absence of fighting or hatred or desire also means the opposites do not exist either. No joy, no communion, no love. Only where there is disillusionment and depression and sorrow does happiness arise; without the despair of loss, there is no hope.
“When I wake up, my pillow’s cold and damp with tears. But tears for what? I have no idea.”
Source: Kafka on the Shore
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