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Concentration is one of the happiest things in my life.

Concentration is one of the happiest things in my life.

Haruki Murakami
Concentration

I had my jazz club and I had enough money. So I didn't have to write for my living.

Haruki Murakami
Writing, Clubs, Had Enough
"Haruki Murakami: 'I took a gamble and survived'". Interview with Emma Brockes, www.theguardian.com. October 14, 2011.

I have no models in Japanese literature. I created my own style, my own way.

Haruki Murakami
Style, Literature, Way

In my younger days, I was trying to write sophisticated prose and fantastic stories.

Haruki Murakami
Writing, Trying, Stories

Everything just blows me away.

Haruki Murakami
Blow

I may be the type who manages to grab all the pointless things in life but lets the really important things slip away.

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Things In Life, Important, May

The faintest gleam of their lost memories glimmered for the briefest moment in their hearts.

Haruki Murakami
Memories, Heart, Gleam
Haruki Murakami (1994). “The Elephant Vanishes”, Vintage

It was a small room with dim light coming in the window, reminiscent of old Polish films.

Haruki Murakami
Light, Small Rooms, Film

Life is like a box of cookies.

Haruki Murakami
Life Is Like, Cookies, Life Is

Our faces were no more than ten inches apart but she was lightyears away from me.

Haruki Murakami
Faces, Inches, Ten
Haruki Murakami (2011). “Norwegian Wood”, p.172, Random House

If there’s something I can’t do but want to, I won’t relax until I’m able to do it.

Haruki Murakami
Relax, Want, Able
Haruki Murakami (2011). “What I Talk About When I Talk About Running”, p.158, Random House

Wherever there's hope there's a trial.

Haruki Murakami
Trials

The curious thing about individuals is that their singularity always goes beyond any category or generalization in the book.

Haruki Murakami
Book, Individual, Curious
FaceBook post by Haruki Murakami from May 06, 2012

So many dreams, so many disappointments, so many promises. And in the end, they all just vanish.

Haruki Murakami
Dream, Disappointment, Promise

It is very simple, actually. It is because you and Tengo were so powerfully drawn to each other.

Haruki Murakami
Simple, Lust

Writing a long novel is like survival training. Physical strength is as necessary as artistic sensitivity.

Haruki Murakami
Writing, Long, Survival
"Haruki Murakami, The Art of Fiction No. 182". Interview with John Wray, www.theparisreview.org. 2004.

Most of what I know about writing I've learned through running every day.

Haruki Murakami
Running, Writing, I've Learned
Haruki Murakami (2011). “What I Talk About When I Talk About Running”, p.81, Random House

Sex is an extremely subtle undertaking, unlike going to the department store on a Sunday to buy a thermos.

Haruki Murakami
Sex, Sunday, Subtle
Haruki Murakami (1993). “Hard-boiled Wonderland and the End of the World: A Novel”, Vintage

While they're still alive, people can become ghosts.

Haruki Murakami
People, Alive, Ghost
Haruki Murakami (2011). “Kafka On The Shore”, p.240, Random House

Among the many values in life, I appreciate freedom most.

Haruki Murakami
Appreciate, Value Of Life, Values

Forgive me for stating the obvious, but the world is made up of all kinds of people.

Haruki Murakami
People, Forgive Me, Forgiving

Something inside me had dropped away, and nothing came in to fill the cavern.

Haruki Murakami
Caverns, Norwegian Wood

If I choose to write about sheep, it's just because I happened to write about sheep. There is no deep significance.

Haruki Murakami
Writing, Sheep, Significance

At least he never walked.

Haruki Murakami
"Haruki Murakami: What I Talk About When I Talk About Running" by Donna Bowman, www.avclub.com. July 30, 2008.

It was a strange feeling, like touching a void.

Haruki Murakami
Touching, Feelings, Void
Haruki Murakami (2011). “Kafka On The Shore”, p.17, Random House

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