2,618 Quotes by Haruki Murakami

Tổn thương về mặt cảm xúc là cái giá một người phải trả để được độc lập

I have looked deep inside myself, trying to detect something that might be there. But just as our consciousness is a maze, so too is our body. Everywhere you turn there’s darkness, and a blind spot. Everywhere you find silent hints, everywhere a surprise is waiting for you.

Wasn't much of a life anyway. Wasn't much of a brain.""But didn't you say you were satisfied with your life?""Word games," I dismissed. "Every army needs a flag.

Szerettem volna hangosan elsírni magam, de minek. Könnyeket ejteni - túl öreg és tapasztalt voltam én már ahhoz. Van a világon olyan bánat is, amit nem lehet megsiratni. Az a fajta, amit senkinek se lehet elmondani, s ha mégis, akkor sem értik meg. Ez a szomorúság megváltoztathatatlan, csendben megüli a szívet, felhalmozódik, mint a hó szélcsendes éjszakákon.

The pure present is an ungraspable advance of the past devouring the future

She was a keen observer, a precise user of language, sharp-tongued and funny. She could stir your emotions. Yes, really, that's what she was so good at - stirring people's emotions, moving you. And she knew she had this power...I only realized later. At the time, I had no idea what she was doing to me.

All I do is keep on running in my own cozy, homemade void, my own nostalgic silence. And this is a pretty wonderful thing. No matter what anybody else says.

Their hearts, lost in thought, slowly tick away time. When we pass each other on the road, we listen to the rhythm of each other's breathing, and sense the way the other person is ticking away the moments.

I just run. I run in void. Or maybe I should put it the other way: I run in order to acquire a void.