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I don't know, there's something about you. Say there's an hourglass: the sand's about to run out. Someone like you can always be counted on to turn the thing over.

I don't know, there's something about you. Say there's an hourglass: the sand's about to run out. Someone like you can always be counted on to turn the thing over.

Haruki Murakami
Running, Like You, Sand
Haruki Murakami (2011). “A Wild Sheep Chase”, p.17, Random House

It's because of you when I'm in bed in the morning that I can wind my spring and tell myself I have to live another good day.

Haruki Murakami
Morning, Spring, Good Day
FaceBook post by Haruki Murakami from Dec 08, 2015

I was always hungry for love. Just once, I wanted to know what it was like to get my fill of it -- to be fed so much love I couldn't take any more. Just once.

Haruki Murakami
Love, Hungry, Feds

Not that we were incompatible: we just had nothing to talk about.

Haruki Murakami

The unwaking world was as hushed as a deep forest.

Haruki Murakami
World, Forests

What the world needs is a set villain that people can point at and say, “It’s all your fault!

Haruki Murakami
People, Needs, World

There are some things about myself I can’t explain to anyone. There are some things I don’t understand at all. I can’t tell what I think about things or what I’m after. I don’t know what my strengths are or what I’m supposed to do about them. But if I start thinking about these things in too much detail the whole thing gets scary. And if I get scared I can only think about myself. I become really self-centered, and without meaning to, I hurt people. So I’m not such a wonderful human being.

Haruki Murakami
Hurt, Thinking, Self

That's what we all do: endlessly take the long way around.

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Long, Way, Long Way
Haruki Murakami (2017). “Men Without Women: Stories”, p.61, Knopf

Have you ever had that feeling—that you’d like to go to a whole different place and become a whole different self?

Haruki Murakami
Self, Feelings, Different
FaceBook post by Haruki Murakami from May 19, 2013

They were each like a mirror for the other, reflecting the changes in themselves.

Haruki Murakami
Mirrors, Reflecting

People soon get tired of things that aren't boring, but not of what is boring.

Haruki Murakami
Tired, People, Boring
Haruki Murakami (2011). “Kafka On The Shore”, p.120, Random House

Everyone, deep in their hearts, is waiting for the end of the world to come.

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Heart, Waiting, World
"1Q84". Book by Haruki Murakami, 2009.

Friends don't need the intervention of a third party. Friendship's a voluntary thing.

Haruki Murakami
Party, Needs, Third Parties
Haruki Murakami (2011). “Dance Dance Dance”, p.250, Random House

But the silence spoke volumes.

Haruki Murakami
Silence, Volume, Spokes

To keep on going, you have to keep up the rhythm.

Haruki Murakami
Rhythm

What if I’ve forgotten the most important thing?

Haruki Murakami
What If, Important, Forgotten
Haruki Murakami (2007). “Vintage Murakami”, p.14, Vintage

The rain that fell on the city runs down the dark gutters and empties into the sea without even soaking the ground

Haruki Murakami
Running, Rain, Dark

You always look so cool, like no matter what happens, it’s got nothing to do with you, but you’re not really like that. In your own way, you’re out there fighting as hard as you can, even if other people can’t tell by looking at you.

Haruki Murakami
Fighting, People, Looks
"The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle". Book by Haruki Murakami, August 25, 1995.

Once you let yourself grow close to someone, cutting the ties could be painful.

Haruki Murakami
Cutting, Ties, Painful

No matter what form the relationship might take, he was the only person she could picture sharing her life with.

Haruki Murakami
Might, Matter, Form

When you fall in love, the natural thing to do is give yourself to it.

Haruki Murakami
Falling In Love, Falling For You, Giving
Haruki Murakami (2011). “Norwegian Wood”, p.354, Random House

Reality was utterly coolheaded and utterly lonely.

Haruki Murakami
Lonely, Reality
Haruki Murakami (2011). “1Q84 Sampler”, p.4, Random House

I'm kind of a low-key guy. The spotlight doesn't suit me. I'm more of a side dish--cole slaw or French fries or a Wham! backup singer.

Haruki Murakami
Keys, Guy, Spotlight
FaceBook post by Haruki Murakami from May 27, 2014

You got to know your limits. Once is enough, but you got to learn. A little caution never hurt anyone. A good woodsman has only one scar on him. No more, no less.

Haruki Murakami
Hurt, Littles, Limits
Haruki Murakami (1993). “Hard-boiled Wonderland and the End of the World: A Novel”, Vintage

The strength I'm looking for isn't the type where you win or lose. I'm not after a wall that'll repel power coming from outside. What I want us the kind of strength to be able to absorb that kind of power, to stand up to it.The strength to quietly endure things - unfairness, misfortunes, sadness, mistakes, misunderstandings.

Haruki Murakami
Wall, Mistake, Sadness

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