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Kafka on the Shore quotes

Haruki Murakami

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“When you come out of the storm you won't be the same person who walked in. That's what this storm's all about.” Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore
“Lost opportunities, lost possibilities, feelings we can never get back again. That's part of what it means to be alive.” Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore
“Silence, I discover, is something you can actually hear.” Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore
“in everybody's life there's a point of no return. And in a very few cases, a point where you can't go forward anymore. And when we reach that point, all we can do is quietly accept the fact. That's how we survive.” Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore
“no matter how much time passes, no matter what takes place in the interim, there are some things we can never assign to oblivion, memories we can never rub away.” Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore
“Whether it's right or wrong, I accept everything that happens, and that's how I became the person I am now.” Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore
“chance encounters are what keep us going.” Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore
“The journey I'm taking is inside me. Just like blood travels down veins, what I'm seeing is my inner self, and what seems threatening is just the echo of the fear in my own heart.” Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore
“There's only one kind of happiness, but misfortune comes in all shapes and sizes.” Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore
“no matter how much suffering you went through, you never wanted to let go of those memories.” Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore
“Memories warm you up from the inside. But they also tear you apart.” Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore
“If you remember me, then I don't care if everybody else forgets.” Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore
“Whatever it is you're seeking won't come in the form you're expecting.” Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore
“Listen up—there's no war that will end all wars . . . War breeds war.” Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore
“a certain type of perfection can only be realized through a limitless accumulation of the imperfect.” Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore
“Each person feels the pain in his own way, each has his own scars.” Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore
“People soon get tired of things that aren't boring, but not of what is boring.” Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore
“Anyone who falls in love is searching for the missing pieces of themselves. So anyone who's in love gets sad when they think of their lover.” Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore
“Adults constantly raise the bar on smart children, precisely because they're able to handle it.” Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore
“Time weighs down on you like an old, ambiguous dream. You keep on moving, trying to slip through it. But even if you go to the ends of the earth, you won't be able to escape it. Still, you have to go there—to the edge of the world. There's...” Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore
“I'm not a starfish or a pepper tree. I'm a living, breathing human being. Of course I've been in love.” Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore
“I'm free, I think. I shut my eyes and think hard and deep about how free I am, but I can't really understand what it means. All I know is I'm totally alone. All alone in an unfamiliar place, like some solitary explorer who's lost his compass and...” Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore
“It's easy to forget things you don't need anymore.” Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore
“Taking crazy things seriously is—a serious waste of time.” Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore
“Things outside you are projections of what's inside you, and what's inside you is a projection of what's outside. So when you step into the labyrinth outside you, at the same time you're stepping into the labyrinth inside.” Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore
“When I wake up, my pillow's cold and damp with tears. But tears for what? I have no idea.” Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore
“most of the books have the smell of an earlier time leaking out between the pages—a special odor of the knowledge and emotions that for ages have been calmly resting between the covers.” Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore
“I go back to the reading room, where I sink down in the sofa and into the world of The Arabian Nights. Slowly, like a movie fadeout, the real world evaporates. I'm alone, inside the world of the story. My favorite feeling in the world.” Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore
“Sometimes fate is like a small sandstorm that keeps changing directions. You change direction but the sandstorm chases you.” Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore
“People are drawn deeper into tragedy not by their defects but by their virtues.”
“As long as there's such a thing as time, everybody's damaged in the end, changed into something else.” Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore
“Your heart is like a great river after a long spell of rain, spilling over its banks.” Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore
“Time expands, then contracts, all in tune with the stirrings of the heart.” Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore
“Love can rebuild the world, they say, so everything's possible when it comes to love.” Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore
“If you think God's there, He is. If you don't, He isn't. And if that's what God's like, I wouldn't worry about it.” Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore
“even in the smallest events there's no such thing as coincidence.” Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore
“the stars are like the trees in the forest, alive and breathing. And they're watching me.” Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore
“It's hard to tell the difference between sea and sky. Between voyager and sea. Between reality and the workings of the heart.” Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore
“Our responsibility begins with the power to imagine.” Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore
“Keep your eyes wide open. Only a coward closes his eyes. Closing your eyes and plugging up your ears won't make time stand still.” Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore
“Works that have a certain imperfection to them have an appeal for that very reason” Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore
“Grunts and nods don't add up to poetry. But maybe writing poetry brings out some hidden talent in the guy. ” Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore
“Kids' hearts are malleable, but once they gel it's hard to get them back the way they were.” Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore
“Perhaps most people in the world aren't trying to be free, Kafka. They just think they are. It's all an illusion. If they really were set free, most people would be in a real bind. You'd better remember that. People actually prefer not being free.” Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore

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