2,618 Quotes by Haruki Murakami

A person's last moments are an important thing. Yuou can't choose how you're born, but you can choose how you die.

A person's last moments are an important thing. You can't choose how you're born, but you can choose how to die.

Mi pisci, kad se odlučimo pisati roman, kad počnemo razmišljati o radnji koja se provlači kroza nj, bez obzira na to je li to ili nije vrsta otrova koji se krije negdje duboko u čovječanstvu, on ipak izbije na površinu. Svaki pisac mora se suočiti s tim otrovom i, svjestan opće opasnosti, svaki pisac mora za sebe pronaći način na koji će se izboriti s time, jer inače njegova kreativnost neće nikada izbiti na vidjelo.

I can bear any pain as long as it has meaning.

The moments of time linking night and dawn were long and dark. If I could cry, it might make things easier. But what would I cry over? Who would I cry for? I was too self-centered to cry for other people, too old to cry for myself.

This takes time, of course, but sometimes taking time is actually a shortcut.

Lo que sea que estés buscando no va a llegar de la manera que te lo esperas.

When you say you believe, you allow the possibility of disappointment. And from disappointment or betrayal, there may come despair. Such is the way of the mind.

I just feel pain. A lot of pain. I thought I could imagine how much this would hurt, but I was wrong.