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Haruki Murakami Quotes about Running

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Say it before you run out of time. Say it before it's too late. Say what you're feeling. Waiting is a mistake.

Say it before you run out of time. Say it before it's too late. Say what you're feeling. Waiting is a mistake.

Haruki Murakami
Running, Mistake, Waiting

Deep rivers run quiet.

Haruki Murakami
Running, Rivers, Quiet
Haruki Murakami (1993). “Hard-boiled Wonderland and the End of the World: A Novel”, Vintage

One foot in front of the other. Repeat as often as necessary to finish.

Haruki Murakami
Running, Feet, Repeats

In long-distance running the only opponent you have to beat is yourself, the way you used to be.

Haruki Murakami
Running, Distance, Long
Haruki Murakami (2011). “What I Talk About When I Talk About Running”, p.10, Random House

When someone is trying very hard to get something, they don't. And when they're running away from something as hard as they can, it usually catches up with them.

Haruki Murakami
Running, Trying, Running Away

When I first met you, I felt a kind of contradiction in you. You’re seeking something, but at the same time, you are running away for all you’re worth.

Haruki Murakami
Running, Firsts, Kind
FaceBook post by Haruki Murakami from Apr 07, 2013

I’m the kind of person who likes to be by himself. To put a finer point on it, I’m the type of person who doesn’t find it painful to be alone. I find spending an hour or two every day running alone, not speaking to anyone, as well as four or five hours alone at my desk, to be neither difficult nor boring. I’ve had this tendency ever since I was young, when, given a choice, I much preferred reading books on my own or concentrating on listening to music over being with someone else. I could always think of things to do by myself.

Haruki Murakami
Running, Book, Reading

So the fact that I’m me and no one else is one of my greatest assets. Emotional hurt is the price a person has to pay in order to be independent.

Haruki Murakami
Running, Hurt, Inspirational Life

I'll be happy if running and I can grow old together.

Haruki Murakami
Running, Together, Grows
"What I Talk About When I Talk About Running". Book by Haruki Murakami, www.huffingtonpost.com. 2008.

Distance might not solve anything, no matter how far you run.

Haruki Murakami
Running, Distance, Might

As with marathon runs and lengths of toilet paper, there had to be standards to measure up to.

Haruki Murakami
Running, Paper, Toilets
Haruki Murakami (1993). “Hard-boiled Wonderland and the End of the World: A Novel”, Vintage

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

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

The thoughts that occur to me while I’m running are like clouds in the sky. Clouds of all different sizes. They come and they go, while the sky remains the same sky always. The clouds are mere guests in the sky that pass away and vanish, leaving behind the sky.

Haruki Murakami
Running, Sky, Clouds

Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional. Say you’re running and you think, ‘Man, this hurts, I can’t take it anymore. The ‘hurt’ part is an unavoidable reality, but whether or not you can stand anymore is up to the runner himself.

Haruki Murakami
Running, Hurt, Pain
FaceBook post by Haruki Murakami from Sep 10, 2014

People sometimes sneer at those who run every day, claiming they'll go to any length to live longer. But don't think that's the reason most people run. Most runners run not because they want to live longer, but because they want to live life to the fullest.

Haruki Murakami
Running, Live Life, Thinking

Exerting yourself to the fullest within your individual limits: that's the essence of running, and a metaphor for life

Haruki Murakami
Running, Essence, Limits
Haruki Murakami (2011). “What I Talk About When I Talk About Running”, p.83, Random House

All I do is keep on running in my own cozy, homemade void, my own nostalgic silence. And this is a pretty wonderful thing. No matter what anybody else says.

Haruki Murakami
Running, Silence, Cozy
Haruki Murakami (2011). “What I Talk About When I Talk About Running”, p.23, Random House

"I guess I've been waiting so long I'm looking for perfection. That makes it tough." "Waiting for perfect love?" "No, even I know better than that. I'm looking for selfishness. Like, say I tell you I want to eat strawberry shortcake. And you stop everything you're doing and run out and buy it for me. And you come back out of breath and get down on your knees and hold this strawberry shortcake out to me. And I say I don't want it anymore and throw it out the window. That's what I'm looking for."

Haruki Murakami
Running, Perfect, Long
"Norwegian Wood". Book by Haruki Murakami, 2011.

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

Haruki Murakami
Beautiful, Running, Real
Haruki Murakami (2011). “What I Talk About When I Talk About Running”, p.66, Random House

If you're going to while away the years, it's far better to live them with clear goals and fully alive then in a fog, and I believe #‎ running helps you to do that. Exerting yourself to the fullest within your individual limits: that's the essence of running, and a metaphor for life.

Haruki Murakami
Running, Believe, Clear Goals

I'm often asked what I think about as I run. Usually the people who ask this have never run long distances themselves. I always ponder the question. What exactly do I think about when I'm running? I don't have a clue.

Haruki Murakami
Running, Distance, Thinking
FaceBook post by Haruki Murakami from Apr 21, 2014

I used to run a full marathon in three hours and 25 or 26 minutes. Not any more.

Haruki Murakami
Running, Three, Marathon
"Marathon man". Interview with Richard Williams, www.theguardian.com. May 16, 2003.

If they invent a car that runs on stupid jokes, you could go far.

Haruki Murakami
Running, Stupid, Car

If you're young and talented, it's like you have wings.

Haruki Murakami
Running, Wings, Talent
Haruki Murakami (2011). “What I Talk About When I Talk About Running”, p.80, Random House

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