Her smile steps offstage for a moment, then does an encore, all while I'm dealing with my blushing face.
Haruki MurakamiOpen your eyes, train your ears, use your head. If a mind you have, then use it while you can.
Haruki MurakamiA deserted library in the morning - there's something about it that really gets to me. All possible words and ideas are there, resting peacefully.
Haruki MurakamiIn the end, like so many beautiful promises in our lives, that dinner date never came to be.
Haruki MurakamiMy only passions were books and music. As you might guess, I led a lonely lifeโฆ Not that I knew what I wanted in life - I didnโt. I loved reading novels to distraction, but didnโt write well enough to be a novelist; being an editor or a critic was out, too, since my tastes ran to the extremes. Novels should be for pure personal enjoyment, I decided, not part of your work or study. Thatโs why I didnโt study literature
Haruki Murakami