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Japanese Writer January 12, 1949

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And you really will have to make it through that violent, metaphysical, symbolic storm. No matter how metaphysical or symbolic it might be, make no mistake about it: it will cut through flesh like a thousand razor blades. People will bleed there, and you will bleed too. Hot, red blood. You'll catch that blood in your hands, your own blood and the blood of others. And once the storm is over you won't remember how you made it through, how you managed to survive. You won't even be sure, in fact,... Haruki Murakami
Some people think literature is high culture and that it should only have a small readership. I don't think so... I have to compete with popular culture, including TV, magazines, movies and video games. Haruki Murakami
Haruki Murakami quote: "Forgive me for stating the obvious, but the world is made up..."
Forgive me for stating the obvious, but the world is made up of all kinds of people. Haruki Murakami
Haruki Murakami quote: "Huge organizations and me don't get along. They're too..."
Huge organizations and me don't get along. They're too inflexible, waste too much time, and have too many stupid people. Haruki Murakami
Haruki Murakami quote: "Most near-future fictions are boring. It's always dark and..."
Most near-future fictions are boring. It's always dark and always raining, and people are so unhappy. Haruki Murakami
She only felt revulsion for any kind if religious fundamentalists. The very thought if such people's intolerant worldview, their inflated sense of their own superiority, and thei callous imposition of their own beliefs on others was enough to fill her with rage. Haruki Murakami
Haruki Murakami quote: "Memories and thoughts age, just as people do. But certain..."
Memories and thoughts age, just as people do. But certain thoughts can never age, and certain memories can never fade. Haruki Murakami
Maybe time is nothing at all like a straight line. Perhaps it's shaped like a twisted doughnut. But for tens of thousands of years, people have probably been seeing time as a straight line that continues on forever. And that's the concept they based their actions on. And until now they haven't found anything inconvenient or contradictory about it. So as an experiential model, it's probably correct. Haruki Murakami
In parallel with their ceaseless consumption of time, people would ceaselessly reproduce time that they had mentally adjusted. Haruki Murakami
Haruki Murakami quote: "What the hell kind of revolution have you got just tossing out..."
What the hell kind of revolution have you got just tossing out big words that working-class people can't understand? Haruki Murakami
You always look so cool, like no matter what happens, it’s got nothing to do with you, but you’re not really like that. In your own way, you’re out there fighting as hard as you can, even if other people can’t tell by looking at you. Haruki Murakami
Haruki Murakami quote: "I don't give a damn about what people say. They can be reptile..."
I don't give a damn about what people say. They can be reptile food for all I care. Haruki Murakami
Where are you now?’ Where was I now? Gripping the receiver, I raised my hand and turned to see what lay beyond the telephone booth. Where was I now? I had no idea. No idea at all. Where was this place? All that flashed into my eyes were the countless shapes of people walking by to nowhere. Again and again, I called out for Midori from the dead center of this place that was no place. Haruki Murakami
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. Haruki Murakami
You have to dream intentionally. Most people dream a dream when they are asleep. But to be a writer, you have to dream while you are awake, intentionally. Haruki Murakami

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