Writers have to keep on writing if they want to mature, like caterpillars endlessly chewing on leaves.
Haruki MurakamiI wondered if she was trying to convey something to me, something she could not put into words - something prior to words that she could not grasp within herself and which therefore had no hope of ever turning into words.
Haruki MurakamiEach of us possesses a tangible living soul. The system has no such thing. We must not allow the system to exploit us.
Haruki MurakamiThe Earth, time, concepts, love, life, faith justice, evil - they're all fluid and in transition. They don't stay in one form or in one place forever. The whole universe is like some big FedEx box.
Haruki MurakamiWhen you are used to the kind of life -of never getting anything you want- you stop knowing what it is you want.
Haruki MurakamiWhen I was fifteen, all I wanted was to go off to some other world, a place beyond anybodyโs reach. A place beyond the flow of time.โ - But thereโs no place like that in this world. - Exactly. Which is why Iโm living here, in this world where things are continually damaged, where the heart is fickle, where time flows past without a break.
Haruki Murakami