I just gave them a little scare. A touch of psychological terror. As Joseph Conrad once wrote, true terror is the kind that men feel towards their imagination. (from Super-frog Saves Tokyo) Haruki Murakami More Quotes by Haruki Murakami More Quotes From Haruki Murakami Some things are forgotten, some things disappear, some things die. Haruki Murakami disappeardiesforgotten Waves of thought are stirring. In a twilight corner of her consciousness, one tiny fragment and another tiny fragment call out wordlessly to eachother, their spreading ripples intermingling. Haruki Murakami tinyconsciousnesstwilight When you are used to the kind of life -of never getting anything you want- you stop knowing what it is you want. Haruki Murakami kindknowingwant Memory is so crazy! It's like we've got these drawers crammed with tons of useless stuff. Meanwhile, all the really important things we just keep forgetting, one after the other. Haruki Murakami useless-stuffcrazymemories Why do I act like this, agreeing when I really disagree, letting people force me to do things I don't want to do? Haruki Murakami wantlifepeople Not just beautiful, though — the stars are like the trees in the forest, alive and breathing. And they’re watching me. What I’ve up till now, what I’m going to do — they know it all. Nothing gets past their watchful eyes. As I sit there under the shining night sky, again a violent fear takes hold of me. My heart’s pounding a mile a minute, and I can barely breathe. All these millions of stars looking down on me, and I’ve never given them more than a passing thought before. Not just the stars — how many other things haven’t I noticed in the world, things I know nothing about? Haruki Murakami starsheartbeautiful The answer is dreams. Dreaming on and on. Entering the world of dreams and never coming out. Living in dreams for the rest of time. Haruki Murakami sputnikdreaminspiring She lived frugally, but her meals were the only things on which she deliberately spent her money. She never compromised on the quality of her groceries, and drank only good-quality wines. Haruki Murakami qualitymealswine Friends don't need the intervention of a third party. Friendship's a voluntary thing. Haruki Murakami third-partiespartyneeds 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 japanstylethinking I don't go out of my way to make friends, that's all. Haruki Murakami lonelylonelinessdisappointment I began to draw an invisible boundary between myself and other people. No matter who I was dealing with. I maintained a set distance, carefully monitoring the person’s attitude so that they wouldn’t get any closer. I didn’t easily swallow what other people told me. My only passions were books and music Haruki Murakami distanceattitudebook Nobody's going to win all the time. On the highway of life you can't always be in the fast lane. Haruki Murakami lanesacceptancewinning Nobody's easier to fool, than the person who is convinced that he is right. Haruki Murakami easierfoolpersons Most runners run not because they want to live longer, but because they want to live life to the fullest. Haruki Murakami endurancelive-liferunning Despite your best efforts, people are going to be hurt when it's time for them to be hurt. Haruki Murakami hurtlosslife Each person feels pain in his own way, each has his own scars. Haruki Murakami scarpainway Please think of me like an endangered species and just observe me quietly from far away. If you try to talk to me or touch me casually, I may get intimidated and bite you. So please be careful. Haruki Murakami maytryingthinking Where there is light, there must be shadow, where there is shadow there must be light. There is no shadow without light and no light without shadow.... We do not know if the so-called Little People are good or evil. This is, in a sense, something that surpasses our understanding and our definitions. We have lived with them since long, long ago-- from a time before good and evil even existed, when people's minds were still benighted. Haruki Murakami long-agolightpeople How wonderful it is to be able to write someone a letter! To feel like conveying your thoughts to a person, to sit at your desk and pick up a pen, to put your thoughts into words like this is truly marvelous. Haruki Murakami ableletterswriting
