2,618 Quotes by Haruki Murakami

Maybe it's just hiding somewhere. Or gone on a trip to come home. But falling in love is always a pretty crazy thing. It might appear out of the blue and just grab you. Who knows — maybe even tomorrow.

I just gave them a little scare. A touch of psychological terror. As Joseph Conrad once wrote, true terror is the kind that men feel towards their imagination. (from Super-frog Saves Tokyo)

It's all a question of imagination. Our responsibility begins with the power to imagine.

I closed my eyes and tried to sleep. But it was not until much later that I was able to get any real sleep. In a place far away from anyone or anywhere, I drifted off for a moment.

我倒想過，一個人的實體，說起來不管年齡長到多大，其實並沒有改變多少。一碰到什麼事情，往往會下堅定的決心「好，從今以後我要改變！」可是一等到那什麼不見了之後，大多數人在大多數的情況下，簡直就像是形狀記憶合金，或像縮頭烏龜退回老窩去一樣，又在拖拖拉拉地恢復原型。說什麼決心，終究只不過是人生中的一番能源浪費而已。打開衣櫥一看，面對那些幾乎完全沒穿過的西裝，一絲皺紋都沒有的領帶，不得不這樣深深感嘆。只是相反的想到「不改變也沒什麼不好啊」時，很奇怪人卻變了。說起來還真奇怪。

Well, I'm from once upon a time before the bullet train!

People fall in love without reason, without even wanting to. You can't predict it. That's love.

That’s it”, Crow replies pointedly. “A theory that still doesn’t have any good counter-evidence is one worth pursuing. And right now? Pursuing it’s the only choice you have. Even if it means sacrificing yourself, you have to pursue it to the bitter end.

Time expands, then contracts, all in tune with the stirrings of the heart.