2,618 Quotes by Haruki Murakami

That’s gotta be one of the principles behind reality. Accepting things that are hard to comprehend, and leaving them that way.

How can those who live in the light of day possibly comprehend the depths of night?

No matter what they wish for, no matter how far they go, people can never be anything but themselves. That’s all.

I began running on an everyday basis after I became a writer. As being a writer requires sitting at a desk for hours a day, without getting some exercise you’d quickly get out of shape and gain weight, I figured.

Don’t let thoughts of me hold you back. Just do what you want to do. Otherwise, I might end up taking you with me, and that is the one thing I don’t want to do. I don’t want to interfere with your life.

Not just beautiful, though – the stars are like the trees in the forest, alive and breathing. And they’re watching me.

If you’re in pitch blackness, all you can do is sit tight until your eyes get used to the dark.

What we see before us is just one tiny part of the world. We get in the habit of thinking, this is the world, but that’s not true at all. The real world is a much darker and deeper place than this, and much of it is occupied by jellyfish and things.

Whenever I look at the ocean, I always want to talk to people, but when I’m talking to people, I always want to look at the ocean.