2,618 Quotes by Haruki Murakami

In response to my father-in-law's view, I offered no opinion. He was not looking for my opinion. He had merely been spouting his belief, a conviction that would remain unchanged for all eternity.

It takes time, though, for Naoko's face to appear. And as the years have passed, the time has grown longer. The sad truth is that what I could recall in 5 seconds all too soon needed 10, then 30, then a full minute - like shadows lengthening at dusk. Someday, I suppose, the shadows will be swallowed up in darkness.

When people photograph an object, they often put a pack of cigarettes next to it to give the viewer a sense of the object’s actual size, but the pack of cigarettes next to the images in my memory expanded and contracted, depending on my mood at the time. Like the objects and events in constant flux, or perhaps in opposition to them, what should have been a fixed yardstick inside the framework of my memory seemed instead to be in perpetual motion.

What’s really important here is not the big things other people have thought up, but the small things you, yourself, have.

Na minha opinião, a única coisa que podemos fazer pelos mortos é guardá-los na nossa memória.

Los ojos no pueden cerrarse. Cerrarlos no soluciona nada. Por más que los cierres, no desaparecerá el problema. Al contrario, cuando vuelvas a abrirlos, las cosas habrán empeorado aún más. Así es el mundo en el que vivimos, Nakata. Tú mantén los ojos bien abiertos. Cerrarlos es de pusilánimes. Sólo los cobardes apartan la vista de la realidad. Y mientras tú cierras los ojos y te tapas los oídos el tiempo va transcurriendo

Unless you find the fundamental cause and treat that, the same problem will surface later on in a different form.

I don’t think it’s right that I’m part of the problem. I can’t be part of the solution if I’m part of the problem

Not being able to find the right words at crucial times is one of my many problems.