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Haruki Murakami Quotes

Spending plenty of time on something can be the most sophisticated form of revenge Picture Quote #1

One foot in front of the other. Repeat as often as necessary to finish Picture Quote #1

Life might just be an absurd, even crude, chain of events and nothing more Picture Quote #1

Anyone who falls in love is searching for the missing pieces of themselves Picture Quote #1

I didn't read so much Japanese literature. Because my father was a teacher of Japanese literature, I just wanted to do something else Picture Quote #1

I don't know how many good books I still have in me; I hope there are another four or five Picture Quote #1

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I don't want to express my opinion about actual politics, because if I do, I have to be responsible for my decision Picture Quote #1

I get up early in the morning, 4 o'clock, and I sit at my desk and what I do is just dream. After three or four hours, that's enough. In the afternoon, I run Picture Quote #1

I know how fiction matters to me, because if I want to express myself, I have to make up a story. Some people call it imagination. To me, it's not imagination. It's just a way of watching Picture Quote #1

I lost some of my friends because I got so famous, people who just assumed that I would be different now. I felt like everyone hated me. That is the most unhappy time of my life Picture Quote #1

Mere humans who root through their refrigerators at three o'clock in the morning can only produce writing that matches what they do. And that includes me Picture Quote #1

Some people think literature is high culture and that it should only have a small readership. I don't think so. I have to compete with popular culture, including TV, magazines, movies and video games Picture Quote #1

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You are 27 or 28 right? It is very tough to live at that age. When nothing is sure. I have sympathy with you Picture Quote #1

Team sports aren't my thing. I find it easier to pick something up if I can do it at my own speed. And you don't need a partner to go running, you don't need a particular place, like in tennis, just a pair of trainers Picture Quote #1

Confidence, as a teenager? Because I knew what I loved. I loved to read; I loved to listen to music; and I loved cats. Those three things. So, even though I was an only kid, I could be happy because I knew what I loved Picture Quote #1

Every writer has his writing technique - what he can and can't do to describe something like war or history. I'm not good at writing about those things, but I try because I feel it is necessary to write that kind of thing Picture Quote #1

When I write about a 15 year old, I jump, I return to the days when I was that age. It's like a time machine. I can remember everything. I can feel the wind. I can smell the air. Very actually. Very vividly Picture Quote #1

You know, if you are kind of rich, the best thing is that you don't have to think about money. The best thing you can buy with money is freedom, time. I don't know how much I earn a year. I have no idea. I don't know how much I pay in taxes Picture Quote #1

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In Japan they prefer the realistic style. They like answers and conclusions, but my stories have none. I want to leave them wide open to every possibility. I think my readers understand that openness Picture Quote #1

Most young people were getting jobs in big companies, becoming company men. I wanted to be individual Picture Quote #1

There's no such thing as perfect writing, just like there's no such thing as perfect despair Picture Quote #1

You burn barns. I don't burn barns. There's this glaring difference, and to me, rather than say which of us is strange, first of all I'd like to clear up just what that difference is Picture Quote #1

Numbers aren't the important thing … what matters is deciding in your heart to accept another person completely. When you do that, it is always the first time and the last Picture Quote #1

If you're in pitch blackness, all you can do is sit tight until your eyes get used to the dark Picture Quote #1

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But I didn't understand then. That I could hurt somebody so badly she would never recover. That a person can, just by living, damage another human being beyond repair Picture Quote #1

Whether you take the doughnut hole as a blank space or as an entity unto itself is a purely metaphysical question and does not affect the taste of the doughnut one bit Picture Quote #1

Money had no name of course. And if it did have a name, it would no longer be money. What gave money it's true meaning was it's dark night namelessness, it's breathtaking interchangeability Picture Quote #1

He inherited from his mother's stories the fundamental style he used, unaltered, in his own stories: namely, the assumption that fact may not be truth, and truth may not be factual Picture Quote #1

I sometimes think that people's hearts are like deep wells. Nobody knows what's at the bottom. all you can do is guess from what comes floating to the surface every once in a while Picture Quote #1

No matter what the situation may be, I still take pleasure in witnessing the joy of others Picture Quote #1

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Spending plenty of time on something can be the most sophisticated form of revenge (Haruki Murakami Quotes) One foot in front of the other. Repeat as often as necessary to finish (Haruki Murakami Quotes) Life might just be an absurd, even crude, chain of events and nothing more (Haruki Murakami Quotes) Anyone who falls in love is searching for the missing pieces of themselves (Haruki Murakami Quotes) I didn't read so much Japanese literature. Because my father was a teacher of Japanese literature, I just wanted to do something else (Haruki Murakami Quotes) I don't know how many good books I still have in me; I hope there are another four or five (Haruki Murakami Quotes) I don't want to express my opinion about actual politics, because if I do, I have to be responsible for my decision (Haruki Murakami Quotes) I get up early in the morning, 4 o'clock, and I sit at my desk and what I do is just dream. After three or four hours, that's enough. In the afternoon, I run (Haruki Murakami Quotes) I know how fiction matters to me, because if I want to express myself, I have to make up a story. Some people call it imagination. To me, it's not imagination. It's just a way of watching (Haruki Murakami Quotes) I lost some of my friends because I got so famous, people who just assumed that I would be different now. I felt like everyone hated me. That is the most unhappy time of my life (Haruki Murakami Quotes) Mere humans who root through their refrigerators at three o'clock in the morning can only produce writing that matches what they do. And that includes me (Haruki Murakami Quotes) Some people think literature is high culture and that it should only have a small readership. I don't think so. I have to compete with popular culture, including TV, magazines, movies and video games (Haruki Murakami Quotes) You are 27 or 28 right? It is very tough to live at that age. When nothing is sure. I have sympathy with you (Haruki Murakami Quotes) Team sports aren't my thing. I find it easier to pick something up if I can do it at my own speed. And you don't need a partner to go running, you don't need a particular place, like in tennis, just a pair of trainers (Haruki Murakami Quotes) Confidence, as a teenager? Because I knew what I loved. I loved to read; I loved to listen to music; and I loved cats. Those three things. So, even though I was an only kid, I could be happy because I knew what I loved (Haruki Murakami Quotes) Every writer has his writing technique - what he can and can't do to describe something like war or history. I'm not good at writing about those things, but I try because I feel it is necessary to write that kind of thing (Haruki Murakami Quotes) When I write about a 15 year old, I jump, I return to the days when I was that age. It's like a time machine. I can remember everything. I can feel the wind. I can smell the air. Very actually. Very vividly (Haruki Murakami Quotes) You know, if you are kind of rich, the best thing is that you don't have to think about money. The best thing you can buy with money is freedom, time. I don't know how much I earn a year. I have no idea. I don't know how much I pay in taxes (Haruki Murakami Quotes) In Japan they prefer the realistic style. They like answers and conclusions, but my stories have none. I want to leave them wide open to every possibility. I think my readers understand that openness (Haruki Murakami Quotes) Most young people were getting jobs in big companies, becoming company men. I wanted to be individual (Haruki Murakami Quotes) There's no such thing as perfect writing, just like there's no such thing as perfect despair (Haruki Murakami Quotes) You burn barns. I don't burn barns. There's this glaring difference, and to me, rather than say which of us is strange, first of all I'd like to clear up just what that difference is (Haruki Murakami Quotes) Numbers aren't the important thing … what matters is deciding in your heart to accept another person completely. When you do that, it is always the first time and the last (Haruki Murakami Quotes) If you're in pitch blackness, all you can do is sit tight until your eyes get used to the dark (Haruki Murakami Quotes) But I didn't understand then. That I could hurt somebody so badly she would never recover. That a person can, just by living, damage another human being beyond repair (Haruki Murakami Quotes) Whether you take the doughnut hole as a blank space or as an entity unto itself is a purely metaphysical question and does not affect the taste of the doughnut one bit (Haruki Murakami Quotes) Money had no name of course. And if it did have a name, it would no longer be money. What gave money it's true meaning was it's dark night namelessness, it's breathtaking interchangeability (Haruki Murakami Quotes) He inherited from his mother's stories the fundamental style he used, unaltered, in his own stories: namely, the assumption that fact may not be truth, and truth may not be factual (Haruki Murakami Quotes) I sometimes think that people's hearts are like deep wells. Nobody knows what's at the bottom. all you can do is guess from what comes floating to the surface every once in a while (Haruki Murakami Quotes) No matter what the situation may be, I still take pleasure in witnessing the joy of others (Haruki Murakami Quotes)

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