2,618 Quotes by Haruki Murakami

No matter how far you travel, you can never get away from yourself. It’s like your shadow. It follows you everywhere. -Komura

Death is not the opposite of life but an innate part of it. By living our lives, we nurture death

Kā tas var būt, ka laikmetā, kad cilvēki būvē stacijas uz Mēness, ogles joprojām iegūst raktvēs, Aomaame nobrīnījās.

Curiosity can bring guts out of hiding at times, maybe even get them going. But curiosity usually evaporates. Gust have to go for the long haul. Curiosity's like a fun friend you can't really trust. It turns you on and then it leaves you to make it on your own - with whatever guts you can muster

When you sneak into somebody’s backyard, it does seem that guts and curiosity are working together. Curiosity can bring guts out of hiding at times, maybe even get them going. But curiosity usually evaporates. Guts have to go for the long haul. Curiosity’s like a fun friend you can’t really trust. It turns you on and then it leaves you to make it on your own-with whatever guts you can muster.

The role of a story was, in the broadest terms, to transpose a single problem into another form. ... It was like a piece of paper bearing the indecipherable text of a magic spell.

People don’t just die when their time comes. They gradually die away, from the inside. And finally the day comes when you have to settle accounts. Nobody can escape it. People have to pay the price for what they have received.

Swimming feels wonderful—almost as good as flying through the air,” Tsukuru explained to Sara one time. “Have you ever flown through the air?” she asked. “Not yet,” Tsukuru said.

The fresh smell of coffee soon wafted through the apartment, the smell that separates night from day.