What I Talk About When I Talk About Running Quotes

“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

“sometimes taking time is actually a shortcut.”

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

topic:time

“It doesn’t matter how old I get, but as long as I continue to live I’ll always discover something new about myself.”

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

topic:selfage

“Especially for someone in my line of work, solitude is, more or less, an inevitable circumstance. Sometimes, however, this sense of isolation, like acid spilling out of a bottle, can unconsciously eat away at a person’s heart and dissolve it.”

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

topic:heart

“Nothing in the real world is as beautiful as the illusions of a person about to lose consciousness.”

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

topic:beautyconsciousness

“The most important thing we ever learn at school is the fact that the most important things can’t be learned at school.”

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

topic:learning

“If you’re young and talented, it’s like you have wings.”

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

topic:youth

“I’ll be happy if running and I can grow old together.”

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

topic:age

“What exactly do I think about when I’m running? I don’t have a clue.”

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

topic:thought

“Emotional hurt is the price a person has to pay in order to be independent.”

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

topic:sufferingindependence