2,618 Quotes by Haruki Murakami

Sometimes fate is like a small sandstorm that keeps changing directions. You change direction but the sandstorm chases you. You turn again, but the storm adjusts. Over and over you play this out, like some ominous dance with death just before dawn. Why? Because this storm isn't some­ thing that blew in from far away, something that has nothing to do with you. This storm is you. Something inside of you.

La capacidad de creer plenamente en otro es uno de los valores más bellos del ser humano

Certain kinds of information are like smoke: they work their way into people's eyes and minds whether sought out or not, and with no regard to personal preference.

Language is very tough, though, a tenacity that is backed up by a long history. However it is treated, its autonomy cannot be lost or seriously damaged, even if that treatment is rather rough. It is the inherent right of all writers to experiment with the possibilities of language in every way they can imagine—without that adventurous spirit, nothing new can ever be born.

Una volta che si dice una bugia al mondo, bisogna continuare a mentire in eterno. Diventa necessario per far quadrare i conti. Non è affatto una cosa semplice, sia dal punti di vista psicologico che dal punto di vista pratico. Se qualcuno commettesse anche un solo errore, potrebbe essere fatale per tutti. Non lo pensa anche lei?

We live in an advanced capitalist society, after all. Waste is the name of the game, its greatest virtue. Politicians call it 'refinements in domestic consumption.' I call it meaningless waste. A difference of opinion.

We're on the border of this world, speaking a common language. That's all.

Some things in life are too complicated to explain in any language. [ ] Not just to explain to others but to explain to yourself. Force yourself to try to explain it and you create lies.

Lies are terrible things. One could say that the greatest sins afflicting modern society are the proliferation of lies and silence. We lie through our teeth, then swallow our tongues. All the same, were we to speak only the truth all year round, then the truth might lose its value.