Haruki Murakami Quotes

“Lost opportunities, lost possibilities, feelings we can never get back again. That's part of what it means to be alive.”

― Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore

topic:life loss

“Life doesn't require ideals. It requires standards of action.”

― Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood

topic:life action

“When you get used to that kind of life—of never having anything you want—then you stop knowing what it is you want.”

― Haruki Murakami, The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle

topic:life desire want

“Remove everything pointless from an imperfect life and it’d lose even its imperfection.”

― Haruki Murakami, Sputnik Sweetheart

topic:life

“Death was not the opposite of life. It was already here, within my being, it had always been here, and no struggle would permit me to forget that.”

― Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood

topic:life death

“The dead will always be dead, but we have to go on living.”

― Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood

topic:life death

“I’m struck by how, except when you’re young, you really need to prioritize in life, figuring out in what order you should divide up your time and energy. If you don’t get that sort of system set by a certain age, you’ll lack focus and...”

― Haruki Murakami, What I Talk About When I Talk About Running

topic:life

“A life without pain: it was the very thing I had dreamed of for years, but now that I had it, I couldn’t find a place for myself within it.”

― Haruki Murakami, The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle

topic:life pain

“Only the dead stay 17 for ever.”

― Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood

topic:death youth eternity

“Life is a lot more fragile than we think. So you should treat others in a way that leaves no regrets.”

― Haruki Murakami, Dance Dance Dance

topic:death

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