Time expands, then contracts, all in tune with the stirrings of the heart. Haruki Murakami More Quotes by Haruki Murakami More Quotes From Haruki Murakami What do I like about math? , When I've got figures in front of me, it relaxes me. Kind of like, everything fits where it belongs. Haruki Murakami relax kind math I've been lonely for so long. And I've been hurt so deeply. If only I could have met you again a long time ago, then I wouldn't have had to take all these detours to get here.' Tengo shook his head. 'I don't think so. This way is just fine. This is exactly the right time. For both of us. [...] We needed that much time.... to understand how lonely we really were. Haruki Murakami lonely hurt thinking A person's last moments are an important thing. You can't choose how you're born but you can choose how you die. Haruki Murakami lasts moments important Hundreds of butterflies flitted in and out of sight like short-lived punctuation marks in a stream of consciousness without beginning or end. Haruki Murakami punctuation-marks butterfly sight I hate requests. They make me feel unhappy. It's like when I take a book out of the library. As soon as I start to read it, all I can think about is when I'll finish it. Haruki Murakami hate book thinking All imperfections are forced upon the imperfect, so the 'perfect' can live content and oblivious. Haruki Murakami imperfect imperfection perfect I didn't start running because somebody asked me to become a runner. Just like I didn't become a novelist because someone asked me to. One day, out of the blue, I wanted to write a novel. And one day, out of the blue, I started to run-simply because I wanted to. I've always done whatever I felt like doing in life. People may try to stop me, and convince me I'm wrong, but I won't change. Haruki Murakami blue writing running By then running had entered the realm of the metaphysical. First there came the action of running, and accompanying it there was this entity known as me. I run; therefore I am. Haruki Murakami action running firsts But I didn't walk a single step. I stopped a lot to stretch, but I never walked. I didn't come here to walk. I came to run. That's the reason-the only reason-I flew all the way to the northern tip of Japan. No matter how slow I might run, I wasn't about to walk. That was the rule. Haruki Murakami japan running might Wherever there's hope there's a trial. Haruki Murakami trials I'd made it back to the land of the living. No matter how boring or mediocre a world it might be, this was it. Haruki Murakami land might world It's just a feeling I have. What you see with your eyes is not necessarily real. My enemy is, among other things, the me inside me. Haruki Murakami eye real feelings You have to make an effort to always look at the good side, always think about the good things. Then you've got nothing to be afraid of. If something bad comes up, you do more thinking at that point. Haruki Murakami effort looks thinking I'm the kind of person who has to totally commit to whatever I do. Haruki Murakami commit kind persons Some people can work their butts off and never get what they're aiming for while others can get it without any effort at all. Haruki Murakami effort people No matter how long you stand there examining yourself naked before a mirror, you'll never see reflected what's inside. Haruki Murakami naked mirrors long To be able to grasp something of value, sometimes you have to perform seemingly inefficient acts. Haruki Murakami values able sometimes My grandpa always said asking a question is embarrassing for a moment, but not asking is embarrassing for a lifetime. Haruki Murakami grandpa moments asking Like a Chinese box, the world of the novel contained smaller worlds, and inside those were yet smaller worlds. Together, these worlds made up a single universe, and the universe waited there in the book to be discovered by the reader. Haruki Murakami chinese together book It seemed to me that this world has a serious shortage of both logic and kindness. Haruki Murakami serious kindness world
