You can hide memories, but you can’t erase the history that produced them.
HARUKI MURAKAMII don’t want to express my opinion about actual politics, because if I do, I have to be responsible for my decision.
More Haruki Murakami Quotes
-
-
If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.
HARUKI MURAKAMI -
As we go through life, we gradually discover who we are, but the more we discover, the more we lose ourselves.
HARUKI MURAKAMI -
Lost opportunities, lost possibilities, feelings we can never get back.
HARUKI MURAKAMI -
Whenever I look at the ocean, I always want to talk to people, but when I’m talking to people, I always want to look at the ocean.
HARUKI MURAKAMI -
And 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.
HARUKI MURAKAMI -
If you remember me, then I don’t care if everyone else forgets.
HARUKI MURAKAMI -
Listen up – there’s no war that will end all wars.
HARUKI MURAKAMI -
No matter how much suffering you went through, you never wanted to let go of those memories.
HARUKI MURAKAMI -
Unfortunately, the clock is ticking, the hours are going by. The past increases, the future recedes. Possibilities decreasing, regrets mounting.
HARUKI MURAKAMI -
What happens when people open their hearts? They get better.
HARUKI MURAKAMI -
I don’t know how many good books I still have in me; I hope there are another four or five.
HARUKI MURAKAMI -
I don’t think of myself as an artist. I’m just a guy who can write.
HARUKI MURAKAMI -
I think history is collective memories. In writing, I’m using my own memory, and I’m using my collective memory.
HARUKI MURAKAMI -
When I am writing, I do not distinguish between the natural and supernatural. Everything seems real.
HARUKI MURAKAMI -
Everything passes. Nobody gets anything for keeps. And that’s how we’ve got to live.
HARUKI MURAKAMI