South of the Border Quotes

“For a long time, she held a special place in my heart. I kept this special place just for her, like a Reserved sign on a quiet corner table in a restaurant. Despite the fact that I was sure I’d never see her again.”

― Haruki Murakami, South of the Border

topic:love waiting

“For a while is a phrase whose length can't be measured. At least by the person who's waiting”

― Haruki Murakami, South of the Border

topic:time waiting

“I was always attracted not by some quantifiable, external beauty, but by something deep down, something absolute. Just as some people have a secret love for rainstorms, earthquakes, or blackouts, I liked that certain undefinable something...”

― Haruki Murakami, South of the Border

topic:beauty

“What we needed were not words and promises but the steady accumulation of small realities.”

― Haruki Murakami, South of the Border

topic:reality words

“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.”

― Haruki Murakami, South of the Border

topic:pain

“Even castles in the air can do with a fresh coat of paint.”

― Haruki Murakami, South of the Border

topic:change

“If I stayed here, something inside me would be lost forever—something I couldn’t afford to lose. It was like a vague dream, a burning, unfulfilled desire. The kind of dream people have only when they’re seventeen.”

― Haruki Murakami, South of the Border

topic:youth desire

“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 anymore. Yet sometimes that light seems more real to me than anything.”

― Haruki Murakami, South of the Border

topic:light stars

“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.”

― Haruki Murakami, South of the Border

topic:hurting

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