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Haruki Murakami Quotes about Darkness

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What I was chasing in circles must have been the tail of the darkness inside me.

What I was chasing in circles must have been the tail of the darkness inside me.

Haruki Murakami
Circles, Darkness, Tails
Haruki Murakami (2011). “After The Quake”, p.56, Random House

And as the years have passed, the time has grown longer. The sad truth is that what I could recall in five seconds all too needed ten, then thirty, then a full minute - like shadows lengthening at dusk. Someday, I suppose, the shadows will be swallowed up in darkness.

Haruki Murakami
Years, Darkness, Shadow
FaceBook post by Haruki Murakami from Feb 08, 2016

The point is, not to resist the flow. You go up when you're supposed to go up and down when you're supposed to go down. When you're supposed to go up, find the highest tower and climb to the top. When you're supposed to go down, find the deepest well and go down to the bottom. When there's no flow, stay still. If you resist the flow, everything dries up. If everything dries up, the world is darkness.

Haruki Murakami
Darkness, Towers, World
FaceBook post by Haruki Murakami from Oct 20, 2015

A certain kind of shittiness, a certain kind of stagnation, a certain kind of darkness, goes on propagating itself by its own power in its own self-contained cycle. And once it passes a certain point, no one can stop it-even if the person himself wants to stop it.

Haruki Murakami
Self, Darkness, Goes On

It is a lonely life sometimes, like throwing a stone into the deep darkness. It might hit something, but you can’t see it. The only thing you can do is to guess, and to believe.

Haruki Murakami
Lonely, Believe, Darkness

Let me tell you something, Mari. The ground we stand on looks solid enough, but if something happens it can drop right out from under you. And once that happens, you've had it: things'll never be the same. All you can do is go on, living alone down there in the darkness.

Haruki Murakami
Darkness, Looks, Goes On
Haruki Murakami (2011). “After Dark”, p.158, Random House

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