• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 

1. black
2. grey
3. blue
4. red
5. brown
6. white

I don’t want to express my opinion about actual politics, because if I do, I have to be responsible for my decision.

Haruki Murakami

Related Topics

Popular Authors

Marilyn Monroe Paulo Coelho Abraham Lincoln C. S. Lewis Khalil Gibran Charlie Chaplin Gautama Buddha Isaac Newton

Prevoius| Next

More Haruki Murakami Quotes

• 

  I want you always to remember me. Will you remember that I existed, and that I stood next to you here like this?

  HARUKI MURAKAMI
  CoupleExistenceRelationshipRemember
• 

  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 any more. Just once.

  HARUKI MURAKAMI
  HungryLoveWant
• 

  I had no ambition to be a writer because the books I read were too good, my standards were too high.

  HARUKI MURAKAMI
• 

  Whatever it is you’re seeking won’t come in the form you’re expecting.

  HARUKI MURAKAMI
  ExpectationLifeSeekStruggleWork Hard
• 

  Young people these days don’t trust anything at all. They want to be free.

  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
• 

  If you remember me, then I don’t care if everyone else forgets.

  HARUKI MURAKAMI
  AnniversaryCareCoupleForgetLoveRemember
• 

  Silence, I discover, is something you can actually hear.

  HARUKI MURAKAMI
  ActualDeepDiscoverHearSilence
• 

  As we go through life, we gradually discover who we are, but the more we discover, the more we lose ourselves.

  HARUKI MURAKAMI
• 

  Don’t feel sorry for yourself. Only assholes do that.

  HARUKI MURAKAMI
  FeelingSorryYourself
• 

  My priority is my books, at least at this point. What I have to do is write the narrative of this time.

  HARUKI MURAKAMI
• 

  Lost opportunities, lost possibilities, feelings we can never get back.

  HARUKI MURAKAMI
  BusinessFeelingMotivationalOpportunityPossible
• 

  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
  OceanPeopleTalk
• 

  Unfortunately, the clock is ticking, the hours are going by. The past increases, the future recedes. Possibilities decreasing, regrets mounting.

  HARUKI MURAKAMI
  ClockDecreaseFutureIncreasePastPossiblityRegretTickUnfortunate
• 

  Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.

  HARUKI MURAKAMI
  InevitableInspirationalOne LinerOptionalPainSuffering
• 

  When I am writing, I do not distinguish between the natural and supernatural. Everything seems real.

  HARUKI MURAKAMI
  DistinguishRealWriting