Haruki Murakami Quotes

I dream. Sometimes I think that’s the only right thing to do. To dream, to live in the world of dreams. But it doesn’t last forever. Wakefulness always comes to take me back.

Haruki Murakami

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• Wakefulness

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• One of the wonders of science is that it is completely universal. It crosses national boundaries with total ease.

  

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• I dream. Sometimes I think that’s the only right thing to do. To dream, to live in the world of dreams. But it doesn’t last forever. Wakefulness always comes to take me back.

  

  Haruki Murakami
  • Dream
  • Wakefulness