Haruki Murakami quotes - page 12

Our hearts are not stones. A stone may disintegrate in time and lose its outward form. But hearts never disintegrate. They have no outward form, and whether good or evil, we can always communicate them to one another. (Haruki Murakami)
Your work should be an act of love, not a marriage of convenience. View quote
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Life is here, death is over there. I am here, not over there. View quote
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Nothing in the real world is as beautiful as the illusions of a person about to lose consciousness. View quote
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What I think is this: You should give up looking for lost cats and start searching for the other half of your shadow. View quote
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People with dark souls have nothing but dark dreams. People with really dark souls do nothing but dream. View quote
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We never choose anything at all. Things happen. Or not. View quote
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Beyond the edge of the world there's a space where emptiness and substance neatly overlap, where past and future form a continuous, endless loop. And, hovering about, there are signs no one has ever read, chords no one has ever heard. View quote
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I may not be the most likable person in the world, but I try not to upset people. View quote
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Writers have to keep on writing if they want to mature, like caterpillars endlessly chewing on leaves. View quote
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I move, therefore I am. (Haruki Murakami)
Death leaves cans of shaving cream half-used. View quote
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I could disappear from the face of the earth, and the world would go on moving without the slightest twinge. Things were tremendously complicated, to be sure, but one thing was clear: no one needed me. View quote
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With luck, it might even snow for us. View quote
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I'm often asked what I think about as I run. Usually the people who ask this have never run long distances themselves. I always ponder the question. What exactly do I think about when I'm running? I don't have a clue. View quote
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Generally, people who are good at writing letters have no need to write letters. They've got plenty of life to lead inside their own context. View quote
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You've already decided what you're going to do, and all that's left is to set the wheels in motion. I mean, it's your life. Basically, you gotta go with what you think is right. View quote
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Living like an empty shell is not really living, no matter how many years it may go on. The heart and flesh of an empty shell give birth to nothing more than the life of an empty shell. View quote
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I realize full well how hard it must be to go on living alone in a place from which someone has left you, but there is nothing so cruel in this world as the desolation of having nothing to hope for. View quote
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Maybe she thought the garbage and rocks in your head were interesting. But finally, garbage is garbage and rocks are rocks. View quote
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You might think you made a new world or a new self, but your old self is always gonna be there, just below the surface, and if something happens, it'll stick its head out and say 'Hi.' You don't seem to realize that. You were made somewhere else. (Haruki Murakami)
But if something did happen, it happened. Whether it's right or wrong. I accept everything that happens, and that's how I became the person I am now. View quote
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Pointless thinking is worse than no thinking at all. View quote
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Most human activities are predicated on the assumption that life goes on. If you take that premise away, what is there left? View quote
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The rain that fell on the city runs down the dark gutters and empties into the sea without even soaking the ground. View quote
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