Haruki Murakami quotes - page 20

As long as there's such a thing as time, everybody's damaged in the end, changed into something else. It always happens, sooner or later. (Haruki Murakami)
Lots of different ways to live and lots of different ways to die. But in the end that doesn't make a bit of difference. All that remains is a desert. View quote
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There weren't any curtains in the windows, and the books that didn't fit into the bookshelf lay piled on the floor like a bunch of intellectual refugees. View quote
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Possibilities are like cancer. The more I think about them, the more they multiply, and there's no way to stop them. I'm out of control. View quote
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People soon get tired of things that aren't boring, but not of what is boring. View quote
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I am a flawed human being - a far more flawed human being than you realize. View quote
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Tell me, Doctor, are you afraid of death?" "I guess it depends on how you die. View quote
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A person's last moments are an important thing. You can't choose how you're born but you can choose how you die. View quote
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Waiting for your answer is one of the most painful things I have ever been through. At least let me know whether or not I hurt you. View quote
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I don't know -- maybe the world has two different kinds of people, and for one kind the world is this completely logical, rice pudding place, and for the other it's all hit-or-miss macaroni gratin. View quote
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I'm kind of a low-key guy. The spotlight doesn't suit me. I'm more of a side dish--cole slaw or French fries or a Wham! backup singer. (Haruki Murakami)
... most people in the world don't really use their brains to think. And people who don't think are the ones who don't listen to others. View quote
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I'll be happy if running and I can grow old together. View quote
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Life's no piece of cake, mind you, but the recipe's my own to fool with. View quote
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You're really cute, Midori,” I corrected myself. "What do you mean really cute?” "So cute the mountains crumble and the oceans dry up. View quote
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How many Sundays – how many hundreds of Sundays like this – lay ahead of me? "Quiet, peaceful and lonely,” I said aloud to myself. On Sundays i didn't wind my spring. View quote
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Nobody's going to win all the time. On the highway of life you can't always be in the fast lane. View quote
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I wasn't particularly afraid of death itself. As Shakespeare said, die this year and you don't have to die the next. View quote
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I've always liked libraries. They're quiet and full of books and full of knowledge. View quote
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Huge organizations and me don't get along. They're too inflexible, waste too much time, and have too many stupid people. View quote
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Don't let appearances fool you. There's always only one reality! (Haruki Murakami)
Sometimes we don't need words. Rather, it's words that need us. If we were no longer here, words would lose their whole function. They would end up as words that are never spoken, and words that aren't spoken are no longer words. View quote
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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. View quote
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If she did experience sex--or something close to it--in high school, I'm sure it would have been less out of sexual desire or love than literary curiosity. View quote
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No matter how long you stand there examining yourself naked before a mirror, you'll never see reflected what's inside. View quote
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