Quotes by Haruki Murakami

You want to know why you felt that way about me even though you didnt love me.

There was much about him that was fine and beautiful, but he could never find the confidence he needed.

I went on loving him just the same, and I could never be interested in anyone else.

No, its not sick. I wish I could be the one to hold you, though, I said. So hold me. Now. Right here.

I miss you something awful sometimes

Its hard not being able to see you, but my life in Tokyo would be a lot worse if it werent for you.

If you think about it, an unfair society that makes it possible for you to exploit your abilities to the limit.

Maybe so, but Im not just looking up at the sky and waiting for the fruit to drop. In my own way, Im working hard. Im working ten times harder than you are.

In any case, though, I believe that I have not been fair to you and that, as a result, I must have led you around in circles and hurt you deeply.

It was that kind of kiss. But as with all kisses, it was not without a certain element of danger

Because sometimes I have a need for human warmth, I answered honestly. Sometimes, if I cant feel something like the warmth of a womans skin, I get so lonely I cant stand it.

I could never tell what was going on inside the pretty heads of the girls that Naoko brought along, and they probably couldnt understand me, either.

No, we werent lovers, but in a way we had opened ourselves to each other even more deeply than lovers do. The thought caused me a good deal of grief. What a terrible thing it is to wound someone you really care for - and to do it so unconsciously.

One thing became crystal clear to me when I couldnt see you anymore. I realized that the only way I had been able to survive until then was having you in my life. When I lost you, the pain and loneliness really got to me.

I loved Midori. And I had probably known as much for a while. I had just been avoiding the conclusion for a very long time.

I still loved Naoko. Bent and twisted as that love might be, I did love her. Somewhere inside me, there was still preserved a broad, open space, untouched, for Naoko and no one else.

I have always loved Naoko, and I still loved her. But there is a decisive finality to what exists between Midori and me.

But who can say whats best? Thats why you need to grab whatever chance you have for happiness where you find it, and not worry too much about other people. My experience tells me that we get no more than two or three such chances in a lifetime, and if we let them go, we regret it for the rest of our lives.

Id swallow some whiskey and listen to the waves while I thought about Naoko. It was too strange to think that she was dead and no longer part of this world. I couldnt absorb the truth of it. I couldnt believe it. I had heard the nails being driven into the lid of her coffin, but I still couldnt adjust to the fact that she had returned to nothingness.

Waiting for your answer is one of the most painful things I have ever been through. At least let me know whether or not I hurt you