Quotes from book
Hear the Wind Sing

Haruki Murakami Original title 風の歌を聴け (Japanese, 1979)

Hear the Wind Sing is the first novel by Japanese writer Haruki Murakami. It first appeared in the June 1979 issue of Gunzo , and in book form the next month. The novel was adapted by Japanese director Kazuki Ōmori in a 1981 film distributed by Art Theatre Guild. An English translation by Alfred Birnbaum appeared in 1987.


Haruki Murakami photo
Haruki Murakami photo
Haruki Murakami photo

“Things pass us by. Nobody can catch them. That's the way we live our lives.”

Variant: All things pass. None of us can manage to hold on to anything. In that way, we live our lives.
Source: Hear the Wind Sing

Haruki Murakami photo
Haruki Murakami photo

“Still, in the end, we all die just the same.”

Source: Hear the Wind Sing

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