2,618 Quotes by Haruki Murakami

I have a lot more patience for others than I have for myself, and I am much better at bringing out the best in others than in myself. That's just the kind of person I am. I'm the scratchy stuff on the side of the matchbox.

This was the second stage in my life, a step in my personal evolution--abandoning the idea of being different, and settling for normal... Gradually I drew nearer to the world, and the world drew nearer to me.

Κατά μία έννοια, μόνος μου κατέστρεψα τον εαυτό μου. Τώρα το συνειδητοποιώ.

Bilirsin işte, çikolata kutularının içinde her tür çikolata olur; bazılarını seversin, bazılarından hoşlanmazsın. İlk önce sevdiklerini yersin ve geriye pek de sevmediklerin kalır sadece. Ben acı veren şeyler yaşadığımda hep böyle düşünürüm işte. ‘Şimdi bunu bir atlatırsam, her şey yoluna girecek.’ Hayat bir çikolata kutusudur.

When the phone rang I was in the kitchen, boiling a potful of spaghetti and whistling along with an FM broadcast of the overture to Rossini's 'The Thieving Magpie,' which has to be the perfect music for cooking pasta.

Tengo had a gift for such work. He was a born technician, possessing both the intense concentration of a bird sailing through the air in search of prey and the patience of a donkey hauling water, playing always by the rules of the game.

Its Barnum & Bailey world just as phony as it can be,But it would't be make-believe if you believed in me

I’m not trying to argue that all effort is fairly rewarded, but if there is a God in heaven, was it asking too much to let me glimpse a sign? Was it too much to expect a little kindness?

I was always hungry for love. Just once, I wanted to know what it was like to get my fill of it – to be fed so much love I couldn't take it any more. Just once.