Quotes by Haruki Murakami

Explore a curated collection of 100 quotes by Haruki Murakami. Discover timeless wisdom, insightful thoughts, and memorable words that have inspired readers around the world. Browse through the gallery below and click on any quote to read more.

Anyone who falls in love is searching for the missing pieces of themselves. So anyone who's in love gets sad when they t — Haruki Murakami
Quizás aun no te comprenda. Pero, con un poco de tiempo, llegaré a entenderte. Y no habrá nadie en el mundo que te compr — Haruki Murakami
No matter how much suffering you went through, you never wanted to let go of those memories. — 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 su — Haruki Murakami
Like most novelists, I like to do exactly the opposite of what I'm told. It's in my nature as a novelist. Novelists can' — Haruki Murakami
It's a dark, cool, quiet place. A basement in your soul. And that place can sometimes be dangerous to the human mind. I — Haruki Murakami
I write weird stories. I don't know why I like weirdness so much. Myself, I'm a very realistic person. I don't trust any — Haruki Murakami
My short stories are like soft shadows I have set out in the world, faint footprints I have left. I remember exactly whe — Haruki Murakami
Dreaming is the day job of novelists, but sharing our dreams is a still more important task for us. We cannot be novelis — Haruki Murakami
I love pop culture -- the Rolling Stones, the Doors, David Lynch, things like that. That's why I said I don't like eliti — Haruki Murakami
Have books ‘happened’ to you? Unless your answer to that question is ‘yes,’ I’m unsure how to talk to you — Haruki Murakami
I myself, as I’m writing, don’t know who did it. The readers and I are on the same ground. When I start to write a story — Haruki Murakami
I think that my job is to observe people and the world, and not to judge them. I always hope to position myself away fro — Haruki Murakami
I think of human existence as being like a two-story house. On the rst oor people gather together to take their meals, w — Haruki Murakami
People want to be bowled over by something special. Nine times out of ten you might strike out, but that tenth time, tha — Haruki Murakami
The others in the dorm thought I wanted to be a writer, because I was always alone with a book, but I had no such ambiti — Haruki Murakami
Rock and roll was my favorite, but before long I grew to enjoy Shinamoto's brand of classical music. This was music from — Haruki Murakami
A rubber plant is just about the ideal family. — Haruki Murakami
(When asked “Was the model for Midori (a character in Norwegian Wood) modeled after your wife?”)I showed your message to — Haruki Murakami
But in real life things don't go smoothly. At certain points in our lives, when we really need a clear-cut solution, the — Haruki Murakami