Source: What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
Quotes from book
What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
Haruki Murakami
Original title
走ることについて語るときに僕の語ること
(Japanese, 2007)
What I Talk About When I Talk About Running is a memoir by Haruki Murakami in which he writes about his interest and participation in long-distance running. The book is translated by Philip Gabriel. Murakami started running in the early 1980s and since then has competed in over twenty marathons and an ultramarathon.
Source: What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
“I’m me, and at the same time not me. That’s what it felt like. A very still, quiet feeling.”
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“Forgive me for stating the obvious, but the world is made up of all kinds of people.”
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“You make do with what you have. As you age you learn even to be happy with what you have.”
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“It’s pretty thin, the wall separating healthy confidence and unhealthy Pride.”
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Variant: The fact that I’m me and no one else is one of my greatest assets. Emotional hurt is the price a person has to pay in order to be independent.
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“If there’s something I can’t do but want to, I won’t relax until I’m able to do it.”
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“To keep on going, you have to keep up the rhythm.”
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“Being active every day makes it easier to hear that inner voice.”
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What I Talk about When I Talk about Running (2009)
