Haruki Murakami: Doing (page 2)
Haruki Murakami is Japanese author, novelist. Explore interesting quotes on doing.Source: What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
Source: What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
Variant: Hajime," she began, "the sad truth is that some things can't go backwards. Once they start going forward, no matter what you do, they can't go back to the way they were. If one little thing goes awry, then that's how it will stay forever.
Source: South of the Border, West of the Sun
Source: What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
Source: What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
“Even castles in the sky can do with a fresh coat of paint.”
Source: South of the Border, West of the Sun
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 you fall in love, the natural thing to do is give yourself to it.”
Source: Norwegian Wood
Source: Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage
Source: Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman: 24 Stories
Source: Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage
Source: Kafka on the Shore