Haruki Murakami
Japan
Born on 12 Jan 1949
Writer
Born on 12 Jan 1949
Writer
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Only where there is disillusionment and depression and sorrow does happiness arise; without the despair of loss, there is no hope.
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
Kindness and a caring mind are two separate qualities. Kindness is manners. It is superficial custom, an acquired practice. Not so the mind. The mind is deeper, stronger, and, I believe, it is far more inconstant.
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
Open your eyes, train your ears, use your head. If a mind you have, then use it while you can.
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
Unclose your mind. You are not a prisoner. You are a bird in fight, searching the skies for dreams.
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
Music brings a warm glow to my vision, thawing mind and muscle from their endless wintering.
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
Two people can sleep in the same bed and still be alone when they close their eyes.
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
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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