Haruki Murakami
Japan's most internationally acclaimed living novelist
Most quoted
"Sometimes fate is like a small sandstorm that keeps changing directions. You change direction but the sandstorm chases you. You turn again, but the storm adjusts itself to your movement. Again and again. Until at last, you and the storm stop trying to outrun each other. This is because the storm isn't something that has nothing to do with you, something that's blowing from far away. The storm is you. Something inside of you. So all you can do is give in to it, step right inside the storm, closing your eyes and plugging up your ears so the sand doesn't get in, and walk through it, step by step."
— from Kafka on the Shore, 2002
"Sometimes fate is like a small sandstorm that keeps changing directions. You change direction but the sandstorm chases you. You turn again, but the storm adjusts. Over and over you play this out, like some ominous dance with death just before dawn. Why? Because this storm isn't something that blew in from far away, something that has nothing to do with you. This storm is you. Something inside of you. So all you can do is give in to it, step right inside the storm, closing your eyes and plugging up your ears so the sand doesn't get in, and walk through it, step by step."
— from Kafka on the Shore, 2002
"Sometimes fate is like a small sandstorm that keeps changing directions. You change direction but the sandstorm chases you. You turn again, but the storm adjusts. Again and again you play this game, like a hapless dancer with Death. Because the storm isn't something that blew in from far away, something that has nothing to do with you. This storm is you. Something inside you. So all you can do is give in to it, step right inside the storm, closing your eyes and plugging up your ears so the sand doesn't get in, and walk through it, step by step."
— from Kafka on the Shore, 2002
All quotes by Haruki Murakami (395)
I'm not a religious person, but I do believe that there is something out there that is bigger than us.
We're all just trying to find our way in this world, and sometimes we get lost.
The world is full of beautiful things, but sometimes we're too busy to notice them.
No matter how much you try to run away from your past, it will always catch up to you.
To truly understand the world, you must first understand yourself.
The most important thing is to be true to yourself, no matter what anyone else says.
Sometimes the most ordinary things are the most beautiful.
We all have a story to tell, and it's up to us to tell it.
Life is a journey, not a destination.
The world is a mysterious place, and we're all just trying to figure it out.
What we call the present is a very small part of eternity.
Everything that has a beginning has an end. Make your peace with that and all will be well.
The human heart is like a old house. It has many rooms, and some of them are dark and dusty.
We are all connected, even if we don't realize it.
The world is full of signs and symbols, if only we know how to read them.
Sometimes the best way to find yourself is to get lost.
The past is a ghost, the future a dream, and all we ever have is now.
There are some things you can only learn in a storm.
Sometimes the truth is stranger than fiction.
We are all searching for something, even if we don't know what it is.
Contemporaries of Haruki Murakami
Other Literatures born within 50 years of Haruki Murakami (1949).