2,618 Quotes by Haruki Murakami

There's no such thing as perfect writing, just like there's no such thing as perfect despair.

With jealousy, a parasite takes root in your heart. It becomes a cancer that eats away at your soul.

Las diferencias generan pequeños roces cotidianos, y, a veces, la combinación de varios de esos roces se transforman en un gran malentendido. Como consecuencia de ello, se reciben a veces críticas infundadas. Y es evidente que no es agradable que te malinterpreten o que te critiquen. Te puedes sentir profundamente herido. Es una experiencia muy dura.

She tried to think about what lay ahead, but soon gave up. 'Words turn into stone,' Nimit had told her. She settled deep into her seat and closed her eyes. All at once the image came to her of the sky she had seen while swimming on her back. And Erroll Garner's 'I'll Remember April.' Let me sleep, she thought. Just let me sleep. And wait for the dream to come.

the mind is strong. It survives, even without thought. Even with everything taken away, it holds a seed--your self. You must believe in your own powers.

If you're young and talented, it's like you have wings.

Hundreds of butterflies flitted in and out of sight like short-lived punctuation marks in a stream of consciousness without beginning or end.

It just happens to be the way that I'm made. I have to write things down to feel I fully comprehend them.

The thoughts that occur to me while I’m running are like clouds in the sky. Clouds of all different sizes. They come and they go, while the sky remains the same sky always. The clouds are mere guests in the sky that pass away and vanish, leaving behind the sky.