Haruki Murakami Quotes
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Music brings a warm glow to my vision, thawing mind and muscle from their endless wintering.
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Love with complications. Scenery was the last thing on my mind.
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People leave strange little memories of themselves behind when they die.
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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.
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A story is not something of this world. A real story requires a kind of magical baptism to link the world on this side with the world on the other side.
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Some things in life are too complicated to explain in any language.
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I realize now that the reality of things is not something you convey to people but something you make.
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The little things are important, Mr. Wind-Up Bird.
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Here, too, a brand-new day is beginning. It could be a day like all the others, or it could be a day remarkable enough in many ways to remain in the memory. In either case, for now, for most people, it is a blank sheet of paper.
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In this world, there are things you can only do alone, and things you can only do with somebody else. It's important to combine the two in just the right amount.
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You don’t get it, do you?" I said. “It’s not a question of ‘what then’. Some people get a kick out of reading railroad timetables and that’s all they do all day. Some people make huge model boats out of matchsticks. So what’s wrong if there happens to be one guy in the world who enjoys trying to understand you?
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The best musicians transpose consciousness into sound; painters do the same for color and shape.
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I’ve never once thought about how I was going to die,” she said. “I can’t think about it. I don’t even know how I’m going to live.
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It depends on which reality you take and which reality I take.
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Loving another person is a wonderful thing, and if that love is sincere, no one ends up tossed into a labyrinth. You have to have more faith in yourself.
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I've been lonely for so long. And I've been hurt so deeply. If only I could have met you again a long time ago, then I wouldn't have had to take all these detours to get here.' Tengo shook his head. 'I don't think so. This way is just fine. This is exactly the right time. For both of us. We needed that much time.... to understand how lonely we really were.
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Genius or fool, you don't live in the world alone. You can hide underground or you can build a wall around yourself, but somebody's going to come along and screw up the works.
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You got to know your limits. Once is enough, but you got to learn. A little caution never hurt anyone. A good woodsman has only one scar on him. No more, no less.
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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.
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My shadow is only half of what it should be." "Everyone has their shortcomings.
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I'm not afraid to die. What I'm afraid of is having reality get the better of me, of having reality leave me behind.
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It's like a kid standing at the window watching the rain.
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You have to wait until tomorrow to find out what tomorrow will bring.
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I have a million things to talk to you about. All I want in this world is you. I want to see you and talk. I want the two of us to begin everything from the beginning.