”Some things are forgotten, some things disappear, some things die.”
— Haruki Murakami (A Wild Sheep Chase)
“I don’t care what you do to me, but I don’t want you to hurt me. I’ve had enough hurt already in my life. More than enough. Now I want to be happy.”
― Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood
“Was the earth put here just to nourish human loneliness?”
― Haruki Murakami, Sputnik Sweetheart
”An unhealthy soul requires a healthy body.”
— Haruki Murakami (What I Talk About When I Talk About Running)
“When was it I realized that, on this truly dark and solitary path we all walk, the only way we can light is our own? Although I was raised with love, I was always lonely.
Someday, without fail, everyone will disappear, scattered into the blackness of time.”
― Banana Yoshimoto, Kitchen
“No matter where you are, you’re always a bit on your own, always an outsider.”
― Banana Yoshimoto, Goodbye Tsugumi
“Will you wait for me forever?”
― Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood
“Friends don’t need the intervention of a third party. Friendship’s a voluntary thing.”
― Haruki Murakami, Dance Dance Dance
“It’s good when food tastes good, it’s kind of like proof you’re alive.”
― Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood
“No matter how much suffering you went through, you never wanted to let go of those memories.”
― Haruki Murakami
“Letters are just pieces of paper,” I said. “Burn them, and what stays in your heart will stay; keep them, and what vanishes will vanish.”
― Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood
“Even so, there were times I saw freshness and beauty. I could smell the air, and I really loved rock ‘n’ roll. Tears were warm, and girls were beautiful, like dreams. I liked movie theaters, the darkness and intimacy, and I liked the deep, sad summer nights.”
― Haruki Murakami, Dance Dance Dance
“Love can rebuild the world, they say, so everything’s possible when it comes to love.”
— Haruki Murakami
”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
