You know what it’s like when you’re trying to fall asleep and it only makes you more wide awake? Haruki Murakami More Quotes by Haruki Murakami More Quotes From Haruki Murakami Somewhere in his body--perhaps in the marrow of his bones--he would continue to feel her absence. Haruki Murakami bonesbodyabsence We knew exactly what we wanted in each other. And even so, it ended. One day it stopped, as if the film simply slipped off the reel. Haruki Murakami filmone-daywanted If I used being busy as an excuse not to run, I'd never run again. I have only a few reasons to keep on running, and a truckload of them to quit. Haruki Murakami quittingbusyrunning Sometimes I feel like a caretaker of a museum -- a huge, empty museum where no one ever comes, and I'm watching over it for no one but myself. Haruki Murakami emptysometimesmuseums In most cases learning something essential in life requires physical pain. Haruki Murakami casesessentialspain Her cry was the saddest sound of orgasm that I had ever heard. Haruki Murakami cryheardsound It's basically the same in all periods of societies. If you belong to the majority, you can avoid thinking about lots of troubling things.' 'And those troubling things are all you /can/ think about when you're one of the few.' 'That's about the size of it,' she said mournfully. 'But maybe, if you're in a situation like that, you learn to think for yourself.' 'Yes, but maybe what you end up thinking for yourself /about/ is all those troubling things. Haruki Murakami sizemajoritythinking And as we live our lives we discover - drawing toward us the thin threads attached to each - what has been lost. I closed my eyes and tried to bring to mind as many beautiful lost things as I could. Drawing them closer, holding on to them. Haruki Murakami drawingeyebeautiful I think people who share my dreams can enjoy reading my novels. And that's a wonderful thing. I said that myths are like a reservoir of stories, and if I can act as a similar kind of "reservoir," albeit a modest one, that would make me very happy. Haruki Murakami readingdreamthinking Of what value is a civilization that can't toast a piece of bread as ordered? Haruki Murakami piecesbreadcivilization Why do people have to build such depressing places? I'm not saying that every nook and cranny of the world has to be beautiful, but does it have to be this ugly? Haruki Murakami depressingbeautifulpeople We were young, and we had no need for prophecies. Just living was itself an act of prophecy. Haruki Murakami prophecyyoungneeds Killing time is not an easy job. Haruki Murakami killingtimejobs It was as if I were writing letters to hold together the pieces of my crumbling life. Haruki Murakami crumblingtogetherwriting Each of us possesses a tangible living soul. The system has no such thing. We must not allow the system to exploit us. Haruki Murakami exploitstangiblesoul Everybody thinks I'm this delicate little girl. But you can't tell a book by it's cover.' To which she added a momentary smile. Haruki Murakami girlbookthinking I guess I felt attached to my weakness. My pain and suffering too. Summer light, the smell of a breeze, the sound of cicadas - if I like these things, why should I apologize? Haruki Murakami painlightsummer sometimes I think I've got this hard kernel in my heart, and nothing much can get inside it. I doubt if I can really love anybody. Haruki Murakami doubtheartthinking Everything, everything seemed once-upon-a-time. Haruki Murakami once-upon-a-time I’ve built a wall around me, never letting anybody inside and trying not to venture outside myself Haruki Murakami venturewalltrying
