Haruki Murakami quotes - page 11

Constipation was one of the things she hated most in the world, on par with despicable men who commit domestic violence and narrow-minded religious fundamentalists. (Haruki Murakami)
And her sleep was too long and deep for that:so deep that she left her normal reality behind. View quote
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Learning another language is like becoming another person. View quote
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Memories and thoughts age, just as people do. But certain thoughts can never age, and certain memories can never fade. View quote
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You can keep as quiet as you like, but one of these days somebody is going to find you. View quote
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She curled up and pressed her cheek against his chest. Her ear was right above his heart. She was listening to his thoughts. "I need to know this," Aomame said. "That we're in the same world, seeing the same things. View quote
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My shadow is only half of what it should be." "Everyone has their shortcomings. View quote
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The fresh smell of coffee soon wafted through the apartment, the smell that separates night from day. View quote
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I don't go out of my way to make friends, that's all. View quote
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What a terrible thing it is to wound someone you really care for and to do it so unconsciously. View quote
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As long as I was alive, I was something. That was just how it was. But somewhere along the way it all changed. Living turned me into nothing. (Haruki Murakami)
In most cases learning something essential in life requires physical pain. View quote
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If you think God's there, He is. If you don't, He isn't. And if that's what God's like, I wouldn't worry about it. View quote
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I am here, alone, at the end of the world. I reach out and touch nothing.”. View quote
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Loneliness becomes an acid that eats away at you. View quote
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He felt as if his heart had dried up. I needed her he thought. I needed someone like her to fill the void inside me. But I wasn't able to fill the void inside her. Until the bitter end, the emptiness inside her was hers alone. View quote
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A friend to kill time is a friend sublime. View quote
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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. View quote
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Everybody has some one thing they do not want to lose," began the man. "You included. And we are professionals at finding out that very thing. Humans by necessity must have a midway point between their desires and their pride. Just as all objects must have a center of gravity. This is something we can pinpoint. Only when it is gone do people realize it even existed. View quote
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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. View quote
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The light of morning decomposes everything. (Haruki Murakami)
He was silent for thirty seconds, maybe a minute. I uncrossed my legs under the table and wondered if this was the right moment to leave. It was as if my whole life revolved around trying to judge the right point in a conversation to say goodbye. View quote
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There had to be something wrong with my life. I should have been born a Yugoslavian shepherd who looked up at the Big Dipper every night. View quote
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The pillow smells like the sunlight, a precious smell. View quote
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I'm a coward when it comes to matters of the heart. That is my fatal flaw. View quote
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