2,618 Quotes by Haruki Murakami

In this immaculate, orderly room, in the presence of this immaculate, handsome youth, my tennis shoes looked especially dirty and worn out. No, they were dirty and worn out, the heels practically gone, the color an indeterminate gray, the uppers full of holes. These shoes had been through a lot, soaking up everything in their path with fatal certainty.

As long as I kept my body moving I could forget about the emptiness inside.

People soon get tired of things that aren't boring, but not of what is boring. Go figure. For me, I might have the leisure to be bored, but not to grow tired of something. Most people can't distinguish between the two.

Even a rat will choose the least painful route if you shock him enough

استمع لهذا الإيقاع، أتسمعه؟ هادئ جداً - صح؟إلا إن به روح مثابرة ذات حركة داخلية تغص بفضول شبابي سلس

I also happened to identify with Julien Sorel. Sorel's basic character flaws had all cemented by the age of fifteen, a fact which further elicited my sympathy. To have all the building blocks of your life in place by that age was, by any standard, a tragedy.

The years 19 and 20 are a crucial stage in the maturation of character, and if you allow yourself to become warped when you’re that age, it will cause you pain when you’re older. It’s true. So think about it carefully.

A percepção não passa da soma dos nossos mal-entendidos.

It was as good as sealing yourself into a dungeon. Walled in, with nowhere to go but your own doom.