Famous Quotes from Haruki Murakami

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Haruki Murakami is a contemporary Japanese writer. Murakami has been translated into 50 languages and his best-selling books have sold millions of copies.

Born: January 12, 1949 (age 65), Fushimi-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan
Full name: Haruki Murakami
Spouse: Yoko Takahashi (m. 1971)
Movies: Norwegian Wood, Tony Takitani, Dansa med dvärgar
Awards: Jerusalem Prize for the Freedom of the Individual in Society

Haruki Murakami quote #443 from Sputnik Sweetheart

And it came to me then. That we were wonderful traveling companions but in the end no more than lonely lumps of metal in their own separate orbits. From far off they look like beautiful shooting stars but in reality theyre nothing more than prisons where each of us is locked up alone going nowhere. When the orbits of these two satellites of ours happened to cross paths we could be together. Maybe even open our hearts to each other. But that was only for the briefest moment. In the next instant wed be in absolute solitude. Until we burned up and became nothing.
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Haruki Murakami quote #387 from The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle

Is it possible in the final analysis for one human being to achieve perfect understanding of anotherWe can invest enormous time and energy in serious efforts to know another person but in the end how close can we come to that persons essence We convince ourselves that we know the other person well but do we really know anything important about anyone
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Haruki Murakami quote #419 from South of the Border

here she is all mine trying her best to give me all she can. How could I ever hurt her But I didnt understand then. That I could hurt somebody so badly she would never recover. That a person can just by living damage another human being beyond repair.
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Haruki Murakami quote #456 from South of the Border

I think you still love me but we cant escape the fact that Im not enough for you. I knew this was going to happen. So Im not blaming you for falling in love with another woman. Im not angry either. I should be but Im not. I just feel pain. A lot of pain. I thought I could imagine how much this would hurt but I was wrong.
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