01c. 1949 ADI'm alone, inside the world of the story. My favorite feeling in the world.Haruki Murakami / quote ↗
02c. 1949 ADThe others in the dorm thought I wanted to be a writer, because I was always alone with a book, but I had no such ambition. ”― Haruki Murakami, Norwegian WoodHaruki Murakami / quote ↗
03c. 1949 ADThis may be the most important proposition revealed by history: 'At the time, no one knew what was coming.Haruki Murakami / quote ↗
04c. 1949 ADI skipped the thirty-one years between 1938 and 1965 and jumped to the section entitled “Junitaki Today.” Of course, the book’s “today” being 1970, it was hardly today’s “today.” Still, writing the history of one town obviously imposed the necessity of bringing it up to a “today.” And even if such a today soon ceases to be today, no one can deny that it is in fact a today. For if a today ceased to be today, history could not exist as history.Haruki Murakami / quote ↗
05c. 1949 ADOne other thing I learned from working in a company was that the majority of people in the world have no problem following orders. They're actually happy to be told what to do. They might complain, but that's not how they really feel. They just grumble out of habit. If you told them to think for themselves, and make their own decisions and take responsibility for them, they'd be clueless.Haruki Murakami / quote ↗
06c. 1949 ADLet your body work until it is spent, but keep your mind to yourself.Haruki Murakami / quote ↗
07c. 1949 ADNot just beautiful, though--the stars are like the trees in the forest, alive and breathing. And they're watching me.Haruki Murakami / quote ↗
08c. 1949 ADSurfing's a more profound kind of sport than it looks. When you surf, you learn not to fight the power of nature, even if it gets violent.Haruki Murakami / quote ↗
10c. 1949 ADBeing with her I feel a pain, like a frozen knife stuck in my chest. An awful pain, but the funny thing is I'm thankful for it. It's like that frozen pain and my very existence arHaruki Murakami / quote ↗
11c. 1949 ADThings like that happen all the time in this great big world of ours. It is like taking a boat out on a beautiful lake on a beautiful day and thinking both the sky and the lake are beautiful. Things will go where they are supposed to go if you just let them take their natural course. Despite your best efforts, people are going to be hurt when it is time for them to be hurt. Life is like that.Haruki Murakami / quote ↗
12c. 1949 ADLosing you is most difficult for me, but the nature of my love for you is what matters. If it distorts into half-truth, then perhaps it is better not to love you. I must keep my mind but lose you.Haruki Murakami / quote ↗
13c. 1949 ADMusic brings a warm glow to my vision, thawing mind and muscle from their endless wintering.Haruki Murakami / quote ↗
14c. 1949 ADShimamoto was in charge of the records. She'd take one from its jacket, place it carefully on the turntable without touching the grooves with her fingers, and, after making sure to brush the cartridge free of any dust with a tiny brush, lower the needle ever so gently onto the record. When the record was finished, she'd spray it and wipe it with a felt cloth. Finally she'd return the record to its jacket and its proper place on the shelf. Her father had taught her this procedure, and she followed his instructions with a terribly serious look on her face, her eyes narrowed, her breath held in check. Meanwhile, I was on the sofa, watching her every move. Only when the record was safely back on the shelf did she turn to me and give a little smile. And every time, this thought hit me: It wasn't a record she was handling. It was a fragile soul inside a glass bottle.Haruki Murakami / quote ↗
16c. 1949 ADListen to this, Nimit. Follow Coleman Hawkins' improvised lines very carefully. He is using them to tell us something. Pay very close attention. He is telling us the story of the free spirit that is doing everything it can to escape from within him. That same kind of spirit is inside me, inside you. There--you can hear it, I'm sure: the hot breath, the shivering heart. (Thailand)Haruki Murakami / quote ↗
17c. 1949 ADRock and roll was my favorite, but before long I grew to enjoy Shinamoto's brand of classical music. This was music from another world, which had its appeal, but more than that I loved it because she was a part of that world.Haruki Murakami / quote ↗
18c. 1949 ADNo, I don't want your money. The world moves less by money than by what you owe people and what they owe you. I don't like to owe anybody anything, so I keep to myself as much on the lending side as I can.Haruki Murakami / quote ↗
19c. 1949 ADWhen you’re always scheming about ways to make money, it’s like a part of you is lost.Haruki Murakami / quote ↗
21c. 1949 ADThere is nothing in this world that never takes a step outside a person's heart.Haruki Murakami / quote ↗
23c. 1949 AD(When asked “Was the model for Midori (a character in Norwegian Wood) modeled after your wife?”)I showed your message to my wife. She got mad and yelled: “What would make them think I was the model for Midori?!” She told me to fix the misunderstanding immediately, so that’s why I’m writing this reply now. Please stop causing problems in my household. Thank you.Haruki Murakami / quote ↗
24c. 1949 ADOpen your eyes, train your ears, use your head. If a mind you have, then use it while you can.Haruki Murakami / quote ↗
