Haruki Murakami
Japan
Born on 12 Jan 1949
Writer
Born on 12 Jan 1949
Writer
Quotes
No one could say how long that life would last. Whatever has form can disappear in an instant.
South of the Border, West of the Sun
Everyone just keeps on disappearing. Some things vanish, like they were cut away. Others fade slowly into the mist. And all that remains is a desert.
South of the Border, West of the Sun
Lots of different ways to live and lots of different ways to die. But in the end that doesn't make a bit of difference. All that remains is a desert.
South of the Border, West of the Sun
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
Essays
Essays
On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
Essays
Essays