The worldโs greatest living novelist, essayist, short-story writer, translator, enthusiastic marathon runner and winner of numerous prestigious awards, Haruki Murakami is enchanting millions with his words, thoughts and ideas. Not just a popular Japanese author but he is also an iconic figure of postmodern literature. Some people say that Haruki Murakami quotes help them deal with life.
The author is mostly loved for his unreal and humorous work. His work that has become international bestsellers is because of the elements of surrealism and nihilism. His hasโan easily accessible, yet profoundly complexโ writing style because of which his works are very different from the conventional Japanese authors.ย His acclaimed novel Norwegian Woodย will surely trigger something deep within you. His writing has the power to help you figure out who you really are and find something about yourself that you didnโt know existed before.
Hereโs the compilation of insightful Haruki Murakami quotes to feed your soul:
1. โEven if we could turn back, weโd probably never end up back where we started.โ โ 1Q84
2. โThe thing Iโm most afraid of is me. Of not knowing what Iโm going to do. Of not knowing what Iโm doing right nowโโย 1Q84
3. โIf you remember me, then I donโt care if everyone else forgets.โ โย Kafka on the Shore
4. โIf you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.โ
โNorwegian Wood
5. โPain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.โ
โ What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
6. โEvery one of us is losing something precious to us. Lost opportunities, lost possibilities, feelings we can never get back again. Thatโs part of what it means to be alive.โโ Kafka on the Shore
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7. โMemories warm you up from the inside. But they also tear you apart.โโย Kafka on the Shore
8. โWhat matters is deciding in your heart to accept another person completely. When you do that, it is always the first time and the last.โ โ Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman
9. โPeopleโs memories are maybe the fuel they burn to stay alive.โ
โ After Dark
10. โIn everybodyโs life, thereโs a point of no return. And in a very few cases, a point where you canโt go forward anymore. And when we reach that point, all we can do is quietly accept the fact. Thatโs how we survive.โ
11. โI have this strange feeling that Iโm not myself anymore. Itโs hard to put into words, but I guess itโs like I was fast asleep, and someone came, disassembled me, and hurriedly put me back together again. That sort of feeling.โ โ Sputnik Sweetheart
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12. โIf you can love someone with your whole heart, even one person, then thereโs salvation in life. Even if you canโt get together with that person.โ
โ 1Q84 (Vintage International)
13. โWhatever it is youโre seeking wonโt come in the form youโre expecting.โ
14. โThereโs nothing wrong with not looking like something. It just means you donโt fit the stereotype yet.โ
โ 1Q84 (Vintage International)
15. โSo the fact that Iโm me and no one else is one of my greatest assets. Emotional hurt is the price a person has to pay in order to be independent.โ
16. โWhat happens when people open their hearts?โ โThey get better.โโย ย Norwegian Wood
17. โNobody likes being alone that much. I donโt go out of my way to make friends, thatโs all. It just leads to disappointment. โโย Norwegian Wood
18. โNo matter how much suffering you went through, you never wanted to let go of those memories.โ
19. โI dream. Sometimes I think thatโs the only right thing to do.โโย ย Sputnik Sweetheart
20. โHave you ever had that feeling? That youโd like to go to a whole different place and become a whole different self?โ
21. โSilence, I discover, is something you can actually hear.โ โย Kafka on the Shore
22. โUnfortunately, the clock is ticking, the hours are going by. The past increases, the future recedes. Possibilities decreasing, regrets mounting.โ
โDance Dance Dance
23. โListen up โ thereโs no war that will end all wars.โ โย Kafka on the Shore
24. โDeath is not the opposite of life, but a part of it.โ
โBlind Willow, Sleeping Woman: 24 Stories
25. โNo matter how far you travel, you can never get away from yourself.โ
โAfter the Quake
26. โYou can hide memories, but you canโt erase the history that produced them.โ โColorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage
27. โLife is not like water. Things in life donโt necessarily flow over the shortest possible route.โ โ1Q84
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28. โIn this world, there are things you can only do alone, and things you can only do with somebody else. Itโs important to combine the two in just the right amount.โ โAfter Dark
29. โThatโs what the world is, after all: an endless battle of contrasting memories.โ
โ1Q84
30. โI sometimes think that peopleโs hearts are like deep wells. Nobody knows whatโs at the bottom. All you can do is imagine by what comes floating to the surface every once in a while.โ
31. โWeโre both looking at the same moon, in the same world. Weโre connected to reality by the same line. All I have to do is quietly draw it towards me.โ โSputnik Sweetheart
32. โI never trust people with no appetite. Itโs like theyโre always holding something back on you.โ
โHard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
33. โSay it before you run out of time. Say it before itโs too late. Say what youโre feeling. Waiting is a mistake.โ
34. โThe most important thing we learn at school is the fact that the most important things canโt be learned at school.โ โWhat I Talk About When I Talk About Running
35. โWhatever it is youโre seeking wonโt come in the form youโre expecting.โ
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36. โTaking crazy things seriously is a serious waste of time.โ
37. โSpend your money on the things money can buy. Spend your time on the things money canโt buy.โ
38. โAs time goes on, youโll understand. What lasts, lasts; what doesnโt, doesnโt. Time solves most things. And what time canโt solve, you have to solve yourself.โ
39. โDonโt feel sorry for yourself. Only assholes do that.โ โNorwegian Wood
40. โWhenever I look at the ocean, I always want to talk to people, but when Iโm talking to people, I always want to look at the ocean.โ
41. โAs we go through life, we gradually discover who we are, but the more we discover, the more we lose ourselves.โ
42. โPeople die all the time. Life is a lot more fragile than we think. So you should treat others in a way that leaves no regrets. Fairly, and if possible, sincerely.โ
43. โAnyone who falls in love is searching for the missing pieces of themselves. So anyone whoโs in love gets sad when they think of their lover. Itโs like stepping back inside a room you have fond memories of, one you havenโt seen in a long time.โ โKafka On The Shor
44. โClosing your eyes isnโt going to change anything. Nothingโs going to disappear just because you canโt see whatโs going on. In fact, things will even be worse the next time you open your eyes. Thatโs the kind of world we live in. Keep your eyes wide open. Only a coward closes his eyes. Closing your eyes and plugging up your ears wonโt make time stand still.โ
โKafka on the Shore
45. โWhy do people have to be this lonely? Whatโs the point of it all? Millions of people in this world, all of them yearning, looking to others to satisfy them, yet isolating themselves. Why? Was the earth put here just to nourish human loneliness?โ โย Sputnik Sweetheart
46. โAnd once the storm is over you wonโt remember how you made it through, how you managed to survive. You wonโt even be sure, in fact, whether the storm is really over. But one thing is certain. When you come out of the storm you wonโt be the same person who walked in. Thatโs what this stormโs all about.โ
โKafka On The Shore
47. โBut who can say whatโs best? Thatโs why you need to grab whatever chance you have of happiness where you find it, and not worry about other people too much. My experience tells me that we get no more than two or three such chances in a lifetime, and if we let them go, we regret it for the rest of our lives.โ โ Norwegian Wood
48. โThings can be seen better in the darkness,โ he said as if he had just seen into her mind. โBut the longer you spend in the dark, the harder it becomes to return to the world above ground where the light is
โโ 1Q84 (Vintage International)
49. โI was always hungry for love. Just once, I wanted to know what it was like to get my fill of it โ to be fed so much love I couldnโt take any more. Just once.โโNorwegian Wood
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50. โI think that my job is to observe people and the world, and not to judge them. I always hope to position myself away from so-called conclusions. I would like to leave everything wide open to all the possibilities in the world.โ
โInterview, The Paris Review
51. โOf course it hurt that we could never love each other in a physical way. We would have been far more happy if we had. But that was like the tides, the change of seasonsโsomething immutable, an immovable destiny we could never alter. No matter how cleverly we might shelter it, our delicate friendship wasnโt going to last forever. We were bound to reach a dead end. That was painfully clear.โ โSputnik Sweetheart
52. โI think you still love me, but we canโt escape the fact that Iโm not enough for you. I knew this was going to happen. So Iโm not blaming you for falling in love with another woman. Iโm not angry, either. I should be, but Iโm not. I just feel pain. A lot of pain. I thought I could imagine how much this would hurt, but I was wrong.โ
โSouth of the Border, West of the Sun
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