2,618 Quotes by Haruki Murakami

He decided not to ask for details. Better to avoid exposing his ignorance even further.

The second whiskey is always my favorite. From the third on, it no longer has any taste. It's just something to pour into your stomach.

This may be the most important proposition revealed by history: 'At the time, no one knew what was coming.

The ones who did it can always rationalize their actions and even forget what they did. They can turn away from things they don't want to see. But the surviving victims can never forget. They can’t turn away. Their memories are passed on from parent to child. That’s what the world is, after all: an endless battle of contrasting memories.

A revelation leaps over the borders of the everyday. A life without revelation is no life at all. What you need to do is move from reason that ‘observes’ to reason that ‘acts’. That’s what critical.

Whenever she felt like crying, she would instead become angry—at someone else or at herself—which meant that it was rare for her to shed tears.

El odio es una sombra negra y alargada. En muchos casos, ni siquiera quien lo siente sabe de dónde le viene. Es un arma de doble filo. Al mismo tiempo que herimos al contrincante nos herimos a nosotros mismos. Cuanto más grave es la herida que le infligimos, más grave es la nuestra. El odio es muy peligroso. Y, una vez que ha arraigado en nuestro corazón, extirparlo es una tarea titánica.

Hatred is like a tow-edged sword. When you cut the other person, you cut yourself.

I don't think I'd want Mickey Mouse pimping for me anyway.