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

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

My father always told me: 'Give somebody a hand and he'll take an arm.

Haruki Murakami
Father, Hands, Giving

I never could stand being forced to do something I didn't want to do at a time I didn't want to do it. Whenever I was able to do something I liked to do, though, when I wanted to do it, and the way I wanted to do it, I'd give it everything I had.

Haruki Murakami
Giving, Want, Able

But this thing, whatever it was, this mistlike something, hung there inside my body like a certain kind of potential. I wanted to give it a name, but the word refused to come to mind. I’m terrible at finding the right words for things. I’m sure Tolstoy would have been able to come up with exactly the right word

Haruki Murakami
Names, Giving, Mind
Haruki Murakami (1994). “The Elephant Vanishes”, Vintage

It's not right for one friend to do all the giving and the other to do all the taking: that's not real friendship.

Haruki Murakami
Giving, One Friend
"Honey Pie". www.newyorker.com. August 20, 2001.

Living like an empty shell is not really living, no matter how many years it may go on. The heart and flesh of an empty shell give birth to nothing more than the life of an empty shell.

Haruki Murakami
Heart, Years, Giving
Haruki Murakami (2007). “Vintage Murakami”, p.161, Vintage

What do you mean, 'playing really creatively'? Can you give me an example?" "Hmm, let's see ... you send the music deep enough into your heart so that it makes your body undergo a kind of a physical shift, and simultaneously the listener's body also undergoes the same kind of physical shift. It's giving birth to that kind of shared state. Probably.

Haruki Murakami
Heart, Mean, Giving

Ever since that happened to me, I haven't been able to give myself to anyone in this world.

Haruki Murakami
Giving, World, Able

Autumn finally arrived. And when it did, I came to a decision. Something had to give: I couldn't keep on living like this.

Haruki Murakami
Autumn, Giving, Decision
Haruki Murakami (2011). “South Of The Border, West Of The Sun”, p.137, Random House

Of course life frightens me sometimes. I don't happen to take that as the premise for everything else though. I'm going to give it hundred percent and go as far as I can. I'll take what I want and leave what I don't want. That's how I intend to live my life, and it things go bad, I'll stop and reconsider at that point. If you think about it, an unfair society is a society that makes it possible for you to exploit your abilities to the limit.

Haruki Murakami
Thinking, Giving, Want
FaceBook post by Haruki Murakami from Mar 15, 2016

Give yourself five minutes to consider how you can turn a miserable situation to your benefit and that light bulb is going to click on.

Haruki Murakami
Light, Giving, Benefits

I'm not going to get involved in a debate with you. Just remember this: the gods give, and the gods take away. Even if you are not aware of having been granted what you posses, the gods remember what they gave you. They don't forget a thing. You should use the abilities you have been granted with the utmost care.

Haruki Murakami
Giving, Use, Care
Haruki Murakami (2011). “1Q84: Books 1 and 2”, p.468, Random House

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