Murakami Kafka On The Shore Quotes & Sayings

Does G get angry because it follows F in the alphabet? Does page 68 in a book start a revolution because it follows 67? — Haruki Murakami

A dense, artistic kind of imperfection stimulates your consciousness, keeps you alert. If I listen to some utterly perfect performance of an utterly perfect piece while I'm driving, I might want to close my eyes and die right then and there. But listening to the D major, I can feel the limits of what humans are capable of-- that a certain type of perfection can only be realised through a limitless accumulation of imperfect. — Haruki Murakami

When people are completely immersed in the material world, believing that this world is all that matters and all that exists and that they are not accountable for their actions, they affect a spiritual death of their hearts. — Hamza Yusuf

Your Shenanigans Toward Me Only Makes Me Stronger. — Chris Mentillo

And I certainly wouldn't demonize an entire people on the basis of 3 blurry photos and a few paintings — Guy Delisle

You sit at the edge of the world,
I am in a crater that's no more.
Words without letters
Standing in the shadow of the door.
The moon shines down on a sleeping lizard,
Little fish rain from the sky.
Outside the window there are soldiers,
steeling themselves to die.
(Refrain)
Kafka sits in a chair by the shore,
Thinking for the pendulum that moves the world, it seems.
When your heart is closed,
The shadow of the unmoving Sphinx,
Becomes a knife that pierces your dreams.
The drowning girl's fingers
Search for the entrance stone, and more.
Lifting the hem of her azure dress,
She gazes
at Kafka on the shore — Haruki Murakami

He felt as if his heart had dried up. I needed her he thought. I needed someone like her to fill the void inside me. But I wasn't able to fill the void inside her. Until the bitter end, the emptiness inside her was hers alone. — Haruki Murakami

[ ... ] That is why we are here today, because we have had the strength within us to survive, a flame inside of us that have not gone out. We are still human, not dust, like millions of others, and we will continue to be, no matter what adversity we face. — Liv-Christine Hoem

Look deep within yourself, and you'll find something amazing. — Michael Jackson

But thing in the past are like plate that's shattered to pieces. You can never put it back together like it was, right? — Haruki Murakami

In the age of activism that is clearly not going away, it would seem that some form of engagement from directors with shareholders - rather than directors simply taking their cues from management - would go a long way toward helping boards work on behalf of all shareholders rather just the most vocal. — Andrew Ross Sorkin

A question wells up inside me, a question so big it blocks my throat and makes it hard to breathe. Somehow I swallow it back, finally choosing another.
"Are memories such an important thing?"
"It depends," she replies, and closes her eyes. "In some cases, they're the most important thing there is. — Haruki Murakami

I know. It's easy to forget things you don't need anymore."

Excerpt From: Haruki Murakami. "Kafka on the Shore." iBooks. — Haruki Murakami

Every single day, each time I see her face, see her, it's utterly precious. — Haruki Murakami

I don't have a ton of friends, but the friends I have are great ones. I don't have huge family, but the family I have is a great one. — Alicia Keys

Pointless thinking is worse than no thinking at all. — Haruki Murakami

Things change every day, Mr Nakata. With each new dawn it's not the same world as the day before. And you're not the same person you were, either. — Haruki Murakami

It's not just that I'm dumb. Nakata's empty inside. I finally understand that. Nakata's like a library without a single book. It wasn't always like that. I used to have books inside me. For a long time I couldn't remember, but now I can. I used to be normal, just like everybody else. But something happened and I ended up like a container with nothing inside. — Haruki Murakami

You're you, you see, and nobody else. You are you, right? — Haruki Murakami

What I think is this: You should give up looking for lost cats and start searching for the other half of your shadow. — Haruki Murakami

The moon's not big enough to wish on. Nothing is. — Heather Demetrios

But metaphors can reduce the distance." "We're not metaphors." "I know, but metaphors eliminates what separates you and me. — Haruki Murakami

like anyone bringing up the past." "What's the name of the song?" "'Kafka on the Shore.'" Oshima says. "'Kafka on the Shore'?" "That's correct, Kafka Tamura. — Haruki Murakami

Why does loving somebody mean you have to hurt them just as much? I mean if that's the way it goes, what's the point of loving someone? Why the hell does it have to be like that? — Haruki Murakami

No matter how far you run. Distance might not solve anything."

Haruki Murakami. "Kafka on the Shore.". — Haruki Murakami