Haruki Murakami quotes - page 5

Everybody has to start somewhere. You have your whole future ahead of you. Perfection doesn't happen right away. (Haruki Murakami)
But intolerant,narrow minds with no imagination are like parasites that transform the host,change form,and continue to thrive. They're a lost cause, and I don't want anyone like that coming in here. View quote
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This place is too calm, too natural--too complete. I don't deserve it. At least not yet. View quote
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It's not me but the world that's deranged. View quote
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I'm not a fast reader. I like to linger over each sentence, enjoying the style. If I don't enjoy the writing, I stop. View quote
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It's not right for one friend to do all the giving and the other to do all the taking: that's not read friendship. View quote
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What if I've forgotten the most important thing? What if somewhere inside me there is a dark limbo where all the truly important memories are heaped and slowly turning into mud?...the thought fills me with an almost unbearable sorrow. View quote
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The world in books seemed so much more alive to me than anything outside. I could see things I'd never seen before. Books and music were my best friends. I had a couple of good friends at school, but never met anyone I could really speak my heart to. View quote
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In his own way, he's lived life with all the intensity he could muster. View quote
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I would never see her again, except in memory. She was here, and now she's gone. There is no middle ground. Probably is a word that you may find south of the border. But never, ever west of the sun. View quote
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You can have tons of talent, but it won't necessarily keep you fed. If you have sharp instincts, through, you'll never go hungry. (Haruki Murakami)
Probably." "Again with the probablys." "A world full of probablys," she said. View quote
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I'm an average person. Is just that I like reading. View quote
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Time is too conceptual. Not that it stops us from filling it in. So much so, we can't even tell whether our experiences belong to time or to the world of physical things. View quote
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What we needed were not words and promises but a steady accumulation of small realities. View quote
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I don't really know if it's the right thing to do, making new life. Kids grow up, generations take their place. What does it all come to? More hills bulldozed and more ocean fronts filled in? Faster cars and more cats run over? Who needs it? View quote
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Sometimes when I'm with you, I remember things I lost when I was your age. Like I remember the sound of the rain and the smell of the wind. View quote
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I go by the gut. I might not appear to have any talent but I've got plenty of gut instinct. View quote
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It's just like Yeats said. In dreams begin responsibilities. Flip this around and you could say that where there's no power to imagine, no responsibility can arise. View quote
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Don't tell me anymore. You should have your dream, as the old woman told you to. I understand how you feel, but if you put those feelings into words they will turn into lies. (from Thailand) View quote
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But still," Ayumi said, "it seems to me that this world has a serious shortage of both logic and kindness." "You may be right," Aomame said, "But it's too late to trade it in for another one. (Haruki Murakami)
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. View quote
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A deserted library in the morning - there's something about it that really gets to me. All possible words and ideas are there, resting peacefully. View quote
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Another person's life is that person's life. You can't take responsibility. View quote
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Painful is the stress when one cannot reproduce or convey vividly to others, however hard he tries, what he's experienced so intensely. View quote
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