2,618 Quotes by Haruki Murakami

He couldn't just sit there, thinking, arms folded. All he could do was deal with one small, concrete problem after another. Perhaps, as he worked on each detail by hand, an overall image would take shape spontaneously.

Good style happens in one of two ways: the writer either has an inborn talent or is willing to work herself to death to get it.

When you come out of storm, you won't be the same person who walked in. That's what this storm's all about.

You’re afraid of imagination. And even more afraid of dreams. Afraid of the responsibility that begins in dreams. But you have to sleep, and dreams are a part of sleep. When you’re awake you can suppress imagination. But you can’t suppress dreams.

Her descriptions were so detailed, so arousing, that these imaginary sex acts were, in part, more sensual than what we could do with our actual bodies. Words can sometimes be so direct, sometimes so erotically suggestive.

Se tutti avessero cominciato a opporsi agli sprechi si sarebbe diffuso un panico di massa e l'intera economia mondiale sarebbe andata sottospra.- Lo spreco è il carburante che accende la contraddizione, la contraddizione mette in modo l'economia, e un'economia fiorente produce a sua volta nuovi sprechi, - sentenziai.

It wasn't like there was some obvious change. Actually, the problem was more a lack of change. Nothing about her had changed - the way she spoke, her clothes, the topics she chose to talk about, her opinions - they were all the same as before. Their relationship was like a pendulum gradually grinding to a halt, and he felt out of synch.

What I want is for the two of us to meet somewhere by chance one day, like, passing on the street, or getting on the same bus.

If you try to use your head to think about things, people don't want to have anything to do with you