2,618 Quotes by Haruki Murakami

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    Just because there’s an end doesn’t mean existence has meaning. An end point is simply set up as a temporary marker, or perhaps as an indirect metaphor for the fleeting nature of existence.

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    Of course, competition is part of the mix -it's a race, after all- but for most of the people participating triathlon the competitive aspect is less important than the sense of a triathlon as a sort of ceremony by which we can affirm this shared bond

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    Your quality of life is not based on standards such as time or ranking, but on finally awakening to an awareness of the fluidity within action itself

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    Muscles really are like animals, and they want to take it easy as possible; if pressure isn't applied to them, they relax and cancel out the memory of all that work. Input this canceled memory once again, and you have to repeat the whole journey from the beginning. Naturally it's impossible to take a break sometimes, but in a critical time like this, when I'm training for a race, I have to show my muscles who's boss.

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    Jedan trkač je govorio o magijskoj izreci kojoj ga je njegov stariji brat, također trkač, naučio i koja ga prožima još otkad se počeo baviti trčanjem. Evo te mantre: Bol je neminovna. Patnja je stvar izbora. Recimo da trčite i počnete razmišljati: "Ovo me baš boli, ne mogu dulje izdržati." Ta vrsta boli neizbježan je dio stvarnosti, ali o tome može li dulje izdržati ili ne, odluku donosi jedino trkač.

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    ...bit svega je da radost koju osjećam nakon svakog trčanja potraje sve do idućeg dana. Zapravo, to je ista vrsta smjernice koja mi je nužno potrebna kada pišem roman. Svakog dana stanem točno na onom mjestu kad osjetim da mogu i dalje pisati. Kad tako postupim, idućeg dana ono što pišem ide mi sasvim glatko.

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    Prekršim li jedno jedino načelo koje sam sebi zadao, kad-tad bit ću prisiljen prekršiti još mnogo drugih. Da sam tako postupio, vjerojatno ne bih bio u stanju završiti utrku.

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