Haruki Murakami
Japan
Born on 12 Jan 1949
Writer
Born on 12 Jan 1949
Writer
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These days I just can't seem to say what I mean,' she said. 'I just can't. Every time I try to say something, it misses the point. Either that or I end up saying the opposite of what I mean. The more...
Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman
Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman
Becoming a Different Me (12)
I always feel as if I'm struggling to become someone else. As if I'm trying to find a new place, grab hold of a new life, a new personality. I suppose it's part of growing up, yet it's also an attemp...
South of the Border, West of the Sun
South of the Border, West of the Sun
I Must Be in Love (13)
I must be in love with this woman, Sumire realized with a start. No mistake about it. Ice is cold; roses are red; I'm in love. And this love is about to carry me off somewhere. This current's too ove...
Sputnik Sweetheart
Sputnik Sweetheart
Good and Evil (14)
"In this world, there is no absolute good, no absolute evil," the man said. "Good and evil are not fixed, stable entities, but are continually trading places. A good may be transformed into an evil i...
1Q84
1Q84
Alternate Reality (15)
Because memory and sensations are so uncertain, so biased, we always rely on a certain reality - call it an alternate reality - to prove the reality of events. To what extent facts we recognize as su...
South of the Border, West of the Sun
South of the Border, West of the Sun
Reading Addiction (16)
Reading was like an addiction; I read while I ate, on the train, in bed until late at night, in school, where I'd keep the book hidden so I could read during class. Before long I bought a small stere...
South of the Border, West of the Sun
South of the Border, West of the Sun
Chance Is a Pretty Common Thing (17)
And you know, this thought crossed my mind at the time: maybe chance is a pretty common thing after all. Those kinds of coincidences are happening all around us, all the time, but most of them don't ...
Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman
Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman
How Well Do We Really Know Ourselves? (18)
This kind of thing doesn't seem to bother most people. Given the chance, people are surprisingly frank when they talk about themselves. "I'm honest and open to a ridiculous degree," they'll say, or "...
Sputnik Sweetheart
Sputnik Sweetheart
Life is Unfair (19)
In other words, let's face it: Life is basically unfair. But even in a situation that's unfair, I think it's possible to seek out a kind of fairness. Of course, that might take time and effort. And m...
What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
Not to Resist the Flow (20)
The point is, not to resist the flow. You go up when you're supposed to go up and down when you're supposed to go down. When you're supposed to go up, find the highest tower and climb to the top. Whe...
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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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."
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