The fresh smell of coffee soon wafted through the apartment, the smell that separates night from day.
Haruki Murakami
Senses, Coffee, Daily Life, Sensory Experience, Time Transition, Routine
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“I’d be smiling and chatting away, and my mind would be floating around somewhere else, like a balloon with a broken string.” Haruki Murakami
Mind, Distraction, Life, Thought, Reflection, Solitude
Haruki Murakami Mind, Distraction, Life, Thought, Reflection, Solitude“Life is not like water. Things in life don’t necessarily flow over the shortest possible route.” Haruki Murakami
Life, Complexity, Flow, Water Metaphor, Patience, Journey
Haruki Murakami Life, Complexity, Flow, Water Metaphor, Patience, Journey“Dreams come from the past, not from the future. Dreams shouldn’t control you – you should control them.” Haruki Murakami
Dreams, Control, Past, Self-discipline, Subconscious, Personal Power
Haruki Murakami Dreams, Control, Past, Self-discipline, Subconscious, Personal Power“Every day I go to my study and sit at my desk and put the computer on. At that moment, I have to open the door. It’s a big, heavy door. You have to go into the Other Room. Metaphorically, of course. And you have to come back to this side of the room. And you have to shut the door.” Haruki Murakami
Routine, Writing, Metaphor, Reflection, Work, Creativity
Haruki Murakami Routine, Writing, Metaphor, Reflection, Work, Creativity“Every writer has his writing technique - what he can and can’t do to describe something like war or history. I’m not good at writing about those things, but I try because I feel it is necessary to write that kind of thing.” Haruki Murakami
Writing, Technique, History, War, Challenge, Expression
Haruki Murakami Writing, Technique, History, War, Challenge, Expression“All I do is keep on running in my own cozy, homemade void, my own nostalgic silence. And this is a pretty wonderful thing. No matter what anybody else says.” Haruki Murakami
Inner Peace, Self-reflection, Solitude, Nostalgia, Individuality, Contentment
Haruki Murakami Inner Peace, Self-reflection, Solitude, Nostalgia, Individuality, Contentment“Most people dream a dream when they are asleep. But to be a writer, you have to dream while you are awake, intentionally. So I get up early in the morning, 4 o’clock, and I sit at my desk and what I do is just dream. After three or four hours, that’s enough. In the afternoon, I run. The next day, the dream will continue.” Haruki Murakami
Intentional Dreaming, Writer’s Routine, Creative Process, Writing, Dreams, Discipline
Haruki Murakami Intentional Dreaming, Writer’s Routine, Creative Process, Writing, Dreams, Discipline“Don’t you think it would be wonderful to get rid of everything and everybody and just go some place where you don’t know a soul?” Haruki Murakami
Solitude, Escape, Freedom, Life, Reflection, Isolation
Haruki Murakami Solitude, Escape, Freedom, Life, Reflection, Isolation“Maybe the only thing I can definitely say about it is this: That’s life. Maybe the only thing we can do is accept it, without really knowing what’s going on.” Haruki Murakami
Life, Acceptance, Uncertainty, Reflection, Philosophy, Fate
Haruki Murakami Life, Acceptance, Uncertainty, Reflection, Philosophy, Fate“Please think of me like an endangered species and just observe me quietly from far away. If you try to talk to me or touch me casually, I may get intimidated and bite you. So please be careful.” Haruki Murakami
Endangered Species, Observation, Caution, Intimidation, Isolation, Personal Space
Haruki Murakami Endangered Species, Observation, Caution, Intimidation, Isolation, Personal Space“Perhaps most people in the world aren’t trying to be free, Kafka. They just think they are. It’s all an illusion. If they really were set free, most people would be in a real pickle. You’d better remember that. People actually prefer not being free?” Haruki Murakami
Illusion Of Freedom, Societal Norms, Human Behavior, Choice, Independence, Control
Haruki Murakami Illusion Of Freedom, Societal Norms, Human Behavior, Choice, Independence, Control“Hundreds of butterflies flitted in and out of sight like short-lived punctuation marks in a stream of consciousness without beginning or end.” Haruki Murakami
Butterflies, Life, Punctuation, Consciousness, Metaphor, Nature
Haruki Murakami Butterflies, Life, Punctuation, Consciousness, Metaphor, Nature“What we call the present is given shape by an accumulation of the past.” Haruki Murakami
Present, Past, Time, Life, Reflection, History
Haruki Murakami Present, Past, Time, Life, Reflection, History“Don’t let appearances fool you. There’s always only one reality!” Haruki Murakami
Reality, Perception, Truth, Appearances, Life, Clarity
Haruki Murakami Reality, Perception, Truth, Appearances, Life, Clarity“I am nothing. I’m like someone who’s been thrown into the ocean at night, floating all alone. I reach out, but no one is there. I call out, but no one answers. I have no connection to anything.” Haruki Murakami
Loneliness, Life, Existence, Isolation, Self, Reflection
Haruki Murakami Loneliness, Life, Existence, Isolation, Self, Reflection“Things change everyday. With each new dawn, it is not the same world as before. And you’re not the same person you were either.” Haruki Murakami
Change, Life, Growth, Time, Transformation, Reflection
Haruki Murakami Change, Life, Growth, Time, Transformation, Reflection“We knew exactly what we wanted in each other. And even so, it ended. One day it stopped, as if the film simply slipped off the reel.” Haruki Murakami
Love, Relationships, Ending, Fate, Loss, Reflection
Haruki Murakami Love, Relationships, Ending, Fate, Loss, Reflection“Maybe working on the little things as dutifully and honestly as we can is how we stay sane when the world is falling apart.” Haruki Murakami
Diligence, Honesty, Focus, Sanity, Little Things, Resilience
Haruki Murakami Diligence, Honesty, Focus, Sanity, Little Things, Resilience