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)
The only way to truly know someone is to love them, even if they don't love you back.
Life is a series of choices. And every choice has a consequence.
The past is never dead. It's not even past.
We're all just trying to make sense of a world that doesn't make sense.
The truth is, we're all a little bit crazy. And that's okay.
Sometimes the most important things are the ones you can't see.
The world is a stage, and we are all just actors, playing our parts.
The only way to escape the past is to confront it.
We all have a dark side. It's what we do with it that matters.
Love is a strange thing. It can make you do things you never thought you'd do.
The most important thing is to keep moving forward, even when you don't know where you're going.
The world is full of magic, if you just know where to look.
The only way to truly live is to embrace your own weirdness.
We're all just trying to find our place in the universe.
The most beautiful things in life are often the most fragile.
To be human is to be flawed. And that's what makes us beautiful.
Sometimes the best way to communicate is to say nothing at all.
The world is a dream, and we are all just dreaming it.
The only way to truly understand something is to experience it for yourself.
We all have secrets. It's what we do with them that defines us.
Contemporaries of Haruki Murakami
Other Literatures born within 50 years of Haruki Murakami (1949).