2,618 Quotes by Haruki Murakami

Wherever there’s hope there’s a trial.

Things will go where they’re supposed to go if you just let them take their natural course. Despite your best efforts, people are going to be hurt when it’s time for them to be hurt. Life is like that.

Things pass us by. Nobody can catch them. That’s the way we live our lives.

Exerting yourself to the limit over and over again, that is the essence of running. Running is painful, but the pain doesn’t leave me, I can take care of it. That agrees with my mentality.

What do you think? I’m not a starfish or a pepper tree. I’m a living, breathing human being. Of course I’ve been in love.

Always remember that to argue, and win, is to break down the reality of the person you are arguing against. It is painful to lose your reality, so be kind, even if you are right.

I keep to this routine every day without variation. The repetition itself becomes the important thing; it’s a form of mesmerism. I mesmerize myself to reach a deeper state of mind.

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

The moon had been observing the earth close-up longer than anyone. It must have witnessed all of the phenomena occurring – and all of the acts carried out – on this earth. But the moon remained silent; it told no stories.