Cell phones are so convenient that they're an inconvenience. Haruki Murakami More Quotes by Haruki Murakami More Quotes From Haruki Murakami Chance encounters are what keep us going. Haruki Murakami encounters chance life Age certainly hadn't conferred any smarts on me. Character maybe, but mediocrity is a constant, as one Russian writer put it. Russian writers have a way with aphorisms. They probably spend all winter thinking them up. Haruki Murakami smart winter character People leave strange little memories of themselves behind when they die. Haruki Murakami littles memories people Even castles in the sky can do with a fresh coat of paint. Haruki Murakami castles coats sky As long as there's such a thing as time, everybody's damaged in the end, changed into something else. It always happens, sooner or later. Haruki Murakami changed ends long I'd be smiling and chatting away, and my mind would be floating around somewhere else, like a balloon with a broken string. Haruki Murakami broken somewhere-else mind For me, running is both exercise and a metaphor. Running day after day, piling up the races, bit by bit I raise the bar, and by clearing each level I elevate myself. At least that’s why I’ve put in the effort day after day: to raise my own level. I’m no great runner, by any means. I’m at an ordinary – or perhaps more like mediocre – level. But that’s not the point. The point is whether or not I improved over yesterday. In long-distance running the only opponent you have to beat is yourself, the way you used to be. Haruki Murakami distance running mean So 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. Haruki Murakami inspirational-life hurt running But what seems like a reasonable distance to one person might feel too far to somebody else. Haruki Murakami distance feels might Distance might not solve anything, no matter how far you run. Haruki Murakami distance running might The library was like a second home. Or maybe more like a real home, more than the place I lived in. By going every day I got to know all the lady librarians who worked there. They knew my name and always said hi. I was painfully shy, though, and could barely reply. Haruki Murakami real names home It is sometimes necessary for each person. Fill up with delicious food, get drunk, sing loudly and chat frivolously. Haruki Murakami delicious-food drunk sometimes Writers have to keep on writing if they want to mature, like caterpillars endlessly chewing on leaves. Haruki Murakami mature want writing You know what I think?" she says. "That people's memories are maybe the fuel they burn to stay alive. Whether those memories have any actual importance or not, it doesn't matter as far as the maintenance of life is concerned. They're all just fuel. Advertising fillers in the newspaper, philosophy books, dirty pictures in a magazine, a bundle of ten-thousand-yen bills: when you feed 'em to the fire, they're all just paper. Haruki Murakami philosophy memories dirty This is no honky-tonk parade. 1Q84 is the real world, where a cut draws real blood, where pain is real pain and fear is real fear. The moon in the sky is no paper moon. Haruki Murakami cutting pain real Every day I go to my study and sit at my desk and put the computer on. At that moment, I have to open the door. It's a big, heavy door. You have to go into the Other Room. Metaphorically, of course. And you have to come back to this side of the room. And you have to shut the door. Haruki Murakami sides doors rooms 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 dream running morning 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 games people thinking Only the dead stay seventeen forever. Haruki Murakami norwegian-wood seventeen forever If you're in pitch blackness, all you can do is sit tight until your eyes get used to the dark. Haruki Murakami used eye dark
