Quotes by Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore

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Surfing's a more profound kind of sport than it looks. When you surf, you learn not to fight the power of nature, even i — Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore
Being with her I feel a pain, like a frozen knife stuck in my chest. An awful pain, but the funny thing is I'm thankful — Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore
Narrow minds devoid of imagination. Intolerance, theories cut off from reality, empty terminology, usurped ideals, infle — Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore
Beyond the edge of the world there’s a space where emptiness and substance neatly overlap, where past and future form a — Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore
Mr. Nakata, this world is a terribly violent place. And nobody can escape the violence. Please keep that in mind. You ca — Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore
Once you’re lost, you panic. You’re in total despair, not knowing what to do. I hate it when that happens. Sex can be a — Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore
Adults constantly raise the bar on smart children, precisely because they're able to handle it. The children get overwhe — Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore
Your heart is like a great river after a long spell of rain, spilling over its banks. All signposts that once stood on t — Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore
It was a strange feeling, like touching a void. — Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore
The woman glares at him and, after taking a breath, forges on. "One other issue I'd like to raise is how you have author — Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore
Every one of us is losing something precious to us. Lost opportunities, lost possibilities, feelings we can never get ba — Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore
You're afraid of imagination. And even more afraid of dreams. Afraid of the responsibility that begins in dreams. But yo — Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore
You’re afraid of imagination. And even more afraid of dreams. Afraid of the responsibility that begins in dreams. But yo — Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore
I don't dream. Come to think of it, i haven't had any dreams in a long time. — Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore
all I wanted was to go off to some other world, a place beyond anybody's reach. A place beyond the flow of time. — Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore
I’m free, I think. I shut my eyes and think hard and deep about how free I am, but I can’t really understand what it mea — Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore
But thing in the past are like plate that’s shattered to pieces. You can never put it back together like it was, right? — Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore
I'm safe inside this container called me. — Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore
And you really will have to make it through that violent, metaphysical, symbolic storm. No matter how metaphysical or sy — Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore
Sometimes fate is like a small sandstorm that keeps changing directions. You change direction but the sandstorm chases y — Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore