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Haruki Murakami quotes

Japanese Writer January 12, 1949

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For me, writing a novel is like having a dream. Writing a novel lets me intentionally dream while I'm still awake. I can continue yesterday's dream today, something you can't normally do in everyday life. Haruki Murakami
Haruki Murakami quote: "Nobody's going to win all the time. On the highway of life you..."
Nobody's going to win all the time. On the highway of life you can't always be in the fast lane. Haruki Murakami
I’ve had that kind of experience myself: I’m looking at a map and I see someplace that makes me think, ‘I absolutely have to go to this place, no matter what’. And most of the time, for some reason, the place is far away and hard to get to. I feel this overwhelming desire to know what kind of scenery the place has, or what people are doing there. It’s like measles - you can’t show other people exactly where the passion comes from. It’s curiosity in the purest sense. An inexplicable inspiration. Haruki Murakami
This is what it means to live on. When granted hope, a person uses it as fuel, as a guidepost to life. It is impossible to live without hope. Haruki Murakami
Death was not the opposite of life. It was already here, within my being, it had always been here, and no struggle would permit me to forget that Haruki Murakami
He wasn’t a talkative man to begin with, and in all aspects of life—as though it were a kind of mouth infection he wanted to avoid catching—he never talked about his feelings. Haruki Murakami
Becoming serious was not the same thing as approaching truth, I sensed, however vaguely. But death was a fact, a serious fact, no matter how you looked at it. Stuck inside this suffocating contradiction, I went on endlessly spinning in circles. Those were strange days, now that I look back at them. In the midst of life, everything revolved around death. Haruki Murakami
I wrote a huge number of letters that spring: one a week to Naoko, several to Reiko, and several more to Midori. I wrote letters in the classroom, I wrote letters at my desk at home with Seagull in my lap, I wrote letters at empty tables during my breaks at the Italian restaurant. It was as if I were writing letters to hold together the pieces of my crumbling life. Haruki Murakami
Haruki Murakami quote: "Those were strange days, now that I look back at them. In the..."
Those were strange days, now that I look back at them. In the midst of life, everything revolved around death. Haruki Murakami
Haruki Murakami quote: "Life is basically unfair. But even in a situation that's..."
Life is basically unfair. But even in a situation that's unfair, I think it's possible to seek a kind of fairness. Haruki Murakami
Of course life frightens me sometimes. I don't happen to take that as the premise for everything else though. I'm going to give it hundred percent and go as far as I can. I'll take what I want and leave what I don't want. That's how I intend to live my life, and it things go bad, I'll stop and reconsider at that point. If you think about it, an unfair society is a society that makes it possible for you to exploit your abilities to the limit. Haruki Murakami
Haruki Murakami quote: "The gears of life had moved ahead a notch with a loud..."
The gears of life had moved ahead a notch with a loud ker-chunk, and Junpei knew that they would never turn back again. Haruki Murakami
Haruki Murakami quote: "In most cases learning something essential in life requires..."
In most cases learning something essential in life requires physical pain. Haruki Murakami
Haruki Murakami quote: "Among the many values in life, I appreciate freedom most."
Among the many values in life, I appreciate freedom most. Haruki Murakami
Haruki Murakami quote: "Death is not the opposite of life but an innate part of it. By..."
Death is not the opposite of life but an innate part of it. By living our lives, we nurture death. Haruki Murakami

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