Haruki Murakami Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old Haruki Murakami quotes, Haruki Murakami sayings, and Haruki Murakami proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.'

Death is not the opposite of life, but a part of it Haruki Murakami
Why do people have to be this lonely? What's the point of it all? Millions of people in this world, all of them yearning, looking to others to satisfy them, yet isolating themselves. Why? Was the earth put here just to nourish human loneliness? Haruki Murakami
It's like a kid standing at the window watching the rain. Haruki Murakami
I said nothing for a time, just ran my fingertips along the edge of the human-shaped emptiness that had been left inside me. Haruki Murakami
Beyond the edge of the world there’s a space where emptiness and substance neatly overlap, where past and future form a continuous, endless loop. And, hovering about, there are signs no one has ever read, chords no one has ever heard. Haruki Murakami
The ocean was one of the greatest things he had ever seen in his life bigger and deeper than anything he had imagined. It changed its color and shape and expression according to time and place and weather. It aroused a deep sadness in his heart, and at the same time it brought his heart peace and comfort. Haruki Murakami
I don't know, there's something about you. Say there's an hourglass, the sand's about to run out. Someone like you can always be counted on to turn the thing over. Haruki Murakami
What we see before us is just one tiny part of the world. We get in the habit of thinking, this is the world, but that's not true at all. The real world is a much darker and deeper place than this, and much of it is occupied by jellyfish and things. Haruki Murakami
In this world, there is no absolute good, no absolute evil," the man said. "Good and evil are not fixed, stable entities but are continually trading places. A good may be transformed into an evil in the next second. And vice versa. Such was the way of the world that Dostoevksy depicted in The Brothers Karamazov. The most important thing is to maintain the balance between the constantly moving good and evil. If you lean too much in either direction, it becomes difficult to maintain actual morals. Indeed, balance itself is the good. Haruki Murakami
Listen up - there's no war that will end all wars. Haruki Murakami
Colors shone with exceptional clarity in the rain. Haruki Murakami
Whenever she felt like crying, she would instead become angry—at someone else or at herself—which meant that it was rare for her to shed tears. Haruki Murakami
But come ye back when summer's in the meadow / And when the valley's hushed and white with snow / Its' i'll be here in sunshine or in shadow / Oh Danny boy, oh Danny Boy, I'll miss you so! Haruki Murakami
The room is dark, but our eyes gradually adjust to the darkness. Haruki Murakami
All you can do is go on living alone down there in the darkness. Haruki Murakami
Not just beautiful, though--the stars are like the trees in the forest, alive and breathing. And they're watching me. Haruki Murakami
Not just beautiful, though – the stars are like the trees in the forest, alive and breathing. And they're watching me. Haruki Murakami
No matter how far you travel, you can never get away from yourself. It’s like your shadow. It follows you everywhere. Haruki Murakami
The sky grew darker, painted blue on blue, one stroke at a time, into deeper and deeper shades of night. Haruki Murakami
Memories warm you up from the inside. But they also tear you apart. Haruki Murakami
Nobody likes being alone that much. I don't go out of my way to make friends, that's all. It just leads to disappointment. Haruki Murakami
If you remember me, then I don’t care if everyone else forgets. Haruki Murakami
Sometimes it’s not the people who change, it’s the mask that falls off. Haruki Murakami
I'll never see them again. I know that. And they know that. And knowing this, we say farewell. Haruki Murakami
The strength I'm looking for isn't the type where you win or lose. I'm not after a wall that'll repel power coming from outside. What I want is the kind of strength to be able to absorb that kind of power, to stand up to it. Haruki Murakami
The strength to quietly endure things - unfairness, misfortunes, sadness, mistakes, misunderstandings. Haruki Murakami
Loving another person is a wonderful thing, and if that love is sincere, no one ends up tossed into a labyrinth. You have to have more faith in yourself. Haruki Murakami
Beyond the edge of the world there’s a space where emptiness and substance neatly overlap, where past and future form a continuous, endless loop. Haruki Murakami
The world is a huge space, but the space that will take you in - and it doesn't have to be very big-is nowhere to be found. Haruki Murakami
This is one more piece of advice I have for you: don't get impatient. Even if things are so tangled up you can't do anything, don't get desperate or blow a fuse and start yanking on one particular thread before it's ready to come undone. Haruki Murakami