Quotes

Haruki Murakami

'' If you only read what everyone else is reading; you can only think what everyone else is thinking''
-Norwegian wood.

'' Memories warm you up; but they also tear you apart''
-Kafka on the Shore.

Whatever it is you're seeking won't come in the form you're expecting.
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''If you remember me, then I don't care if everyone else forgets.''
-Kafka On the Shore.

"I dream. Sometimes I think that's the only right thing to do."
-Sputnik Sweetheart.

"But who can say what's best? That's 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 life time, and if we let them go, we regret it for the rest of our lives."
-Norwegian wood.

''Sometimes when I look at you, I feel I'm gazing at a distant star.
It's dazzling, but the light is from tens of thousands of years ago.
Maybe the star doesn't even exist any more. Yet sometimes that light seems more real to me than anything."
-South of the border, West of the sun.

"I want you always to remember me. Will you remember that I existed, and that I stood next to you here like this?"
-Norwegian wood.

''She waited for the train to pass. Then she said, "I sometimes think that people's hearts are like deep wells. Nobody knows what's at the bottom. All you can do is imagine by what comes floating to the surface every once in a while."
-Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman.

'' Listen up - there's no war that will end all wars''
-Kafka on the shore.

''Death is not the opposite of life but only a part of it.''
-Blind Willow, Sleeping woman.

''If you can love someone with your whole heart, even one person, then there's salvation in life. Even if you can't get together with that person."
-1Q84

'' Chance encounter are what keep us going ''
-Kafka on the shore.