2,618 Quotes by Haruki Murakami

It’s just like Yeats said. In dreams begin responsibilities. Flip this around and you could say that where there’s no power to imagine, no responsibility can arise.

You’re not a kid anymore. You have the right to choose your own life. You can start again. If you want a cat, all you have to do is choose a life in which you can have a cat. It’s simple. It’s your right.

There’s an essential order you have to follow in everything. It’s a way of showing respect, following everything in the correct order.

If I choose to write about sheep, it’s just because I happened to write about sheep. There is no deep significance.

It’s like a kid standing at the window watching the rain.

Don’t let appearances fool you. There’s always only one reality!

Not that running away’s going to solve everything. I don’t want to rain on your parade or anything, but I wouldn’t count on escaping this place if I were you. No matter how far you run. Distance might not solve anything.

The most important thing we learn at school is the fact that the most important things can’t be learned at school.

Despite your best efforts, people are going to be hurt when it’s time for them to be hurt.