Quotes by Haruki Murakami

Whatever it is you're seeking won't come in the form you're expecting.

If you remember me, then I don't care if everyone else forgets.

I can bear any pain as long as it has meaning.

One heart is not connected to another through harmony alone. They are, instead, linked deeply through their wounds

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 sure, whether the storm is really over. But one thing is certain. When you come out of the storm, you won’t be the same person who walked in. That’s what this storm’s all about.

The best way to think about reality, I had decided, was to get as far away from it as possible.

Some things in life are too complicated to explain in any language.

Knowledge and ability were tools, not things to show off.

If you want to talk about something new, you have to make up a new kind of language.

Unclose your mind. You are not a prisoner. You are a bird in flight, searching the skies for dreams.

Say it before you run out of time. Say it before it's too late. Say what you're feeling. Waiting is a mistake.

But if you knew you might not be able to see it again tomorrow, everything would suddenly become special and precious, wouldn’t it?

Sometimes it's not the people who change, it's the mask that falls off.

Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.

Even if we could turn back, we'd probably never end up where we started.

Life is a lot more fragile than we think. So you should treat others in a way that leaves no regrets. Fairly, and if possible, sincerely.

No matter how far you travel, you can never get away from yourself.

Deep rivers run quiet.

As time goes on, you'll understand. What lasts, lasts; what doesn't, doesn't. Time solves most things. And what time can't solve, you have to solve yourself.

Anyone who falls in love is searching for the missing pieces of themselves.

As long as you have the courage to admit mistakes, things can be turned around.

Spend your money on the things money can buy. Spend your time on the things money can’t buy.