Haruki Murakami Quotes

The curious thing about individuals is that their singularity always goes beyond any category or generalization in the book.

Haruki Murakami

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• Do I want to write a musical? No. I like to do musicals.

  

  Laura Benanti
  • Want
  • Like
  • Musicals

• Disinterring famous people has become a kind of sport in the Hispanic world. Before Cervantes, it happened to Evita, Che Guevara, Federico Garcia Lorca, and Pablo Neruda.

  

  Ilan Stavans
  • People
  • World
  • Famous

• We make assumptions: nurses should be nice, teachers should be good. But everyone has a dark side, some darker than others.

  

  Karin Slaughter
  • Good
  • Nice
  • Dark

• I'm not a princess anyway so I find that quite weird to be labelled as one.

  

  Zara Phillips
  • Weird
  • Find
  • Princess

• The mystery at the center of 'Burial Rites' is not who killed whom on the night of March 13, 1828. It is the mystery each of us encounters: Can we every truly know another? Can we ever truly know ourselves?

  

  Hannah Kent
  • Night
  • Know
  • Mystery

• This is a revolution of the mind, get your mind together and get away from drugs.

  

  James Brown
  • Mind
  • Together
  • Peace

• Tell me he’s not talking to Brandon,” Claire said. “Um… Ok. He’s not talking to Brandon.” “You’re lying.” “Yeah. He’s talking to Brandon. Look, let Shane do his thing, okay? He’s not as stupid as he looks, mostly.

  

  Rachel Caine
  • Stupid
  • Conversation
  • Brandon

• It gets to the point where you're hot, you're hot, and when you're not, you're not. It's so true. I have to slow down soon.

  

  Leonardo DiCaprio
  • True
  • Point
  • Hot

• We're weird roman candles burning bright at both ends. At the end of the road's where this story begins. Where the green of the gulf meets the blue of the sea. What makes it all happen is still a mystery to me. But those crazy days and those crazy ways, we never want to undo. We'll be together, now and forever.

  

  Jimmy Buffett
  • Together
  • Crazy
  • Forever

• The ego's blocking the light from coming.

  

  Sandra Cisneros
  • Light
  • Ego
  • Block

• One thing we know for sure is that change is certain. Progress is not. Progress depends on the choices we make today for tomorrow and on whether we meet our challenges and protect our values.

  

  Hillary Clinton
  • Choices
  • Progress
  • Challenges

• The weaker the country, the stronger the smile.

  

  Howard E. Koch
  • Country
  • Smile
  • Stronger

• The greatest manager has a knack for making ballplayers think they are better than they think they are.

  

  Reggie Jackson
  • Better
  • Greatest
  • Knack

• The curious thing about individuals is that their singularity always goes beyond any category or generalization in the book.

  

  Haruki Murakami
  • Individuals
  • Generalization
  • Singularity