Anyone who falls in love is searching for the missing pieces of themselves. So anyone who’s in love gets sad when they think of their lover. It’s like stepping back inside a room you have fond memories of, one you haven’t seen in a long time.
HARUKI MURAKAMIAnd once the storm is over, you won’t remember how you made it through, how you managed to survive. You won’t even be sure, whether the storm is really over. But one thing is certain. When you come out of the storm, you won’t be the same person who walked in.
More Haruki Murakami Quotes
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When I am writing, I do not distinguish between the natural and supernatural. Everything seems real.
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You can hide memories, but you can’t erase the history that produced them.
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Lost opportunities, lost possibilities, feelings we can never get back.
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Everything passes. Nobody gets anything for keeps. And that’s how we’ve got to live.
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Listen up – there’s no war that will end all wars.
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But I didn’t understand then. That I could hurt somebody so badly she would never recover. That a person can, just by living, damage another human being beyond repair.
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Young people these days don’t trust anything at all. They want to be free.
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Among the many values in life, I appreciate freedom most.
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I don’t think of myself as an artist. I’m just a guy who can write.
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A fortunate author can write maybe twelve novels in his lifetime.
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Memories warm you up from the inside. But they also tear you apart.
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People die all the time. Life is a lot more fragile than we think. So you should treat others in a way that leaves no regrets. Fairly, and if possible, sincerely.
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I think history is collective memories. In writing, I’m using my own memory, and I’m using my collective memory.
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Remove everything pointless from an imperfect life and it’d lose even its imperfection.
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Life is not like water. Things in life don’t necessarily flow over the shortest possible route.
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