More Quotes by Haruki Murakami
If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.
Whatever it is you're seeking won't come in the form you're expecting.
Nobody likes being alone that much. I don't go out of my way to make friends, that's all. It just leads to disappointment.
Sometimes when I look at you, I feel I'm gazing at a distant star. It's dazzling, but the light is from tens of thousands of years ago. Maybe the star doesn't even exist any more. Yet sometimes that light seems more real to me than anything.
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.
I want you always to remember me. Will you remember that I existed, and that I stood next to you here like this?
What happens when people open their hearts?" "They get better.
But I didn't understand then. That I could hurt somebody so badly she would never recover. That a person can, just by living, damage another human being beyond repair.
I think you still love me, but we can’t escape the fact that I’m not enough for you. I knew this was going to happen. So I’m not blaming you for falling in love with another woman. I’m not angry, either. I should be, but I’m not. I just feel pain. A lot of pain. I thought I could imagine how much this would hurt, but I was wrong.
Don't feel sorry for yourself. Only assholes do that.
