Haruki MurakamiNobody's going to win all the time. On the highway of life you can't always be in the fast lane.453LifeTime
Haruki MurakamiShe was hearing everything that went on in his heart, like a person who can trace a map with his fingertip and conjure up vivid, living scenery. ✨ FaceBook post byHaruki Mur… ▶381LifeLoveReading
Haruki MurakamiSometimes I get real lonely sleeping with you. ✨ Haruki Murakami (2011). A Wild Sheep Chase, p.11, Random House361Time
Haruki MurakamiIn terms of evolutionary history, it was only yesterday that men learned to walk around on two legs and get in trouble thinking complicated thoughts. So don't worry, you'll burn o… ▶361Thought
Haruki MurakamiThe rain that fell on the city runs down the dark gutters and empties into the sea without even soaking the ground361Politics
Haruki MurakamiTime moves in it special way in the middle of the night.361Time
Haruki MurakamiAny explanation or logic that explains everything so easily has a hidden trap in it. I'm speaking from experience. Somebody once said if it's something a single book can explain, … ▶361LifeReading
Haruki MurakamiYou are a beautiful person, Doctor. Clearheaded. Strong. But you seem always to be dragging your heart along the ground. From now on, little by little, you must prepare yourself t… ▶372DeathHopeLife
Haruki MurakamiI've been running a full marathon every year for more than 20 years, and my record is getting worse. Getting older, getting worse. It's natural. ✨ Marathon man. Interview wi… ▶372Death
Haruki MurakamiYou know what it’s like when you’re trying to fall asleep and it only makes you more wide awake? ✨ Haruki Murakami (1994). The Elephant Vanishes, Vintage351Philosophy
Haruki MurakamiOnce a guy starts using a wig, he has to keep using one. It's, like, his fate. That's why wig makers make such huge profits. I hate to say it, but they're like drug dealers. 351Reading
Haruki MurakamiIt's a dark, cool, quiet place. A basement in your soul. And that place can sometimes be dangerous to the human mind. I can open the door and enter that darkness, but I have to be… ▶373HumanityThoughtTime
Haruki MurakamiI’m me, and at the same time not me. That’s what it felt like. A very still, quiet feeling. ✨ Haruki Murakami (2011). What I Talk About When I Talk About Running, p.114, Ran… ▶362Time
Haruki MurakamiPain is inevitable. Suffering is optional. Say you’re running and you think, ‘Man, this hurts, I can’t take it anymore. The ‘hurt’ part is an unavoidable reality, but whether or n… ▶374ReadingSadnessThought
Haruki MurakamiI tell lies sometimes. The last time I lied was a year ago. I absolutely detest lying. You could say that lying and silence are the two greatest sins of present day society. Actua… ▶363HumanityTime
Haruki MurakamiFar away, I could hear them lapping up my brains. Like Macbeth's witches, the three lithe cats surrounded my broken head, slurping up that thick soup inside. The tips of their rou… ▶352Thought
Haruki MurakamiI feel like I've swallowed a cloudy sky341Love
Haruki MurakamiIt is not that the meaning cannot be explained. But there are certain meanings that are lost forever the moment they are explained in words. ✨ FaceBook post byHaruki Murakam… ▶352PhilosophyReadingTime
Haruki MurakamiMaybe it's just hiding somewhere. Or gone on a trip to come home. But falling in love is always a pretty crazy thing. It might appear out of the blue and just grab you. Who knows … ▶341LoveReading
Haruki MurakamiYou throw a stone into a deep pond. Splash. The sound is big, and it reverberates throughout the surrounding area. What comes out of the pond after that? All we can do is stare at… ▶352Reading
Haruki MurakamiFriends don't need the intervention of a third party. Friendship's a voluntary thing. ✨ Haruki Murakami (2011). Dance Dance Dance, p.250, Random House341Thought
Haruki MurakamiI stare at this ceaseless, rushing crowd and imagine a time a hundred years from now. In a hundred years everybody here-me included-will have disappeared from the face of the eart… ▶374ThoughtTime
Haruki MurakamiI'm a writer. I don't support any war. That's my principle.374Life
Haruki MurakamiWasn't he the one who said you shouldn't trust anybody who calls himself an ordinar man? - Naoko374Humanity
Haruki MurakamiMy short stories are like soft shadows I have set out in the world, faint footprints I have left. I remember exactly where I set down each and every one of them, and how I felt wh… ▶352Love
Haruki MurakamiThe heavy smell of flower petals stroked the walls of my lungs. ✨ The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle. Book by Haruki Murakami, August 25, 1995.352Reading
Haruki MurakamiOne foot in front of the other. Repeat as often as necessary to finish.352Thought
Haruki MurakamiIt's like Tolstoy said. Happiness is an allegory, unhappiness a story. ✨ Kafka on the Shore. Book by Haruki Murakami, September 12, 2002.363Reading
Haruki MurakamiThat's gotta be one of the principles behind reality. Accepting things that are hard to comprehend, and leaving them that way. ✨ Haruki Murakami (2011). Sputnik Sweetheart, … ▶342LoveTruth
Haruki MurakamiLike flowers scattered in a storm, a man's life is a long farewell.375Life
