Haruki Murakami

Japan
Born on 12 Jan 1949
Writer

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In this world, there are things you can only do alone, and things you can only do with somebody else. It's important to combine the two in just the right amount.

After Dark
The answer is dreams. Dreaming on and on. Entering the world of dreams and never coming out. Living in dreams for the rest of time.

Sputnik Sweetheart
If you can love someone with your whole heart, even one person, then there's salvation in life. Even if you can't get together with that person.

1Q84
"What happens when people open their hearts?"... "They get better."

Norwegian Wood
Silence, I discover, is something you can actually hear.

Kafka on the Shore
Taking crazy things seriously is a serious waste of time.

Kafka on the Shore
Unfortunately, the clock is ticking, the hours are going by. The past increases, the future recedes. Possibilities decreasing, regrets mounting.

Dance Dance Dance
Death is not the opposite of life, but a part of it.

Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman
Listen up - there's no war that will end all wars.

Kafka on the Shore
I have this strange feeling that I'm not myself anymore. It's hard to put into words, but I guess it's like I was fast asleep, and someone came, disassembled me, and hurriedly put me back together again. That sort of feeling.

Sputnik Sweetheart
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