When the fire goes out, you’ll start feeling the cold. You’ll wake up whether you want to or not.
Haruki Murakami
Lost Warmth, Unavoidable Truth, Harsh Reality, Fire, Cold, Wake
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More Haruki Murakami Quotes
“The faintest gleam of their lost memories glimmered for the briefest moment in their hearts.” Haruki Murakami
Lost Memories, Faint Gleams, Emotional Echoes, Heartfelt, Glimmer, Moments
Haruki Murakami Lost Memories, Faint Gleams, Emotional Echoes, Heartfelt, Glimmer, Moments“How many Sundays – how many hundreds of Sundays like this – lay ahead of me? “Quiet, peaceful and lonely,” I said aloud to myself. On Sundays I didn’t wind my spring.” Haruki Murakami
Routine, Solitude, Reflection, Time Passing, Isolation, Quietude
Haruki Murakami Routine, Solitude, Reflection, Time Passing, Isolation, Quietude“Pointless thinking is worse than no thinking at all.” Haruki Murakami
Mind Clarity, Thoughtfulness, Focus, Reflection, Awareness, Productivity
Haruki Murakami Mind Clarity, Thoughtfulness, Focus, Reflection, Awareness, Productivity“One of these days they’ll be making a film where the whole human race gets wiped out in a nuclear war, but everything works out in the end.” Haruki Murakami
Apocalyptic Hope, Satirical Outlook, Unlikely Outcomes, Humanity, War, Films
Haruki Murakami Apocalyptic Hope, Satirical Outlook, Unlikely Outcomes, Humanity, War, Films“That’s what the world is, after all: an endless battle of contrasting memories.” Haruki Murakami
Memory Battles, Perception Differences, World View, Memories, Contrasts, Battle
Haruki Murakami Memory Battles, Perception Differences, World View, Memories, Contrasts, Battle“If you never noticed, it never happened.” Haruki Murakami
Perception Matters, Ignored Events, Observational Wisdom, Noticing, Events, Happened
Haruki Murakami Perception Matters, Ignored Events, Observational Wisdom, Noticing, Events, Happened“Please remember: things are not what they seem.” Haruki Murakami
Perception, Illusion, Reality, Awareness, Truth, Mystery
Haruki Murakami Perception, Illusion, Reality, Awareness, Truth, Mystery“We each have a special something we can get only at a special time of our life. Like a small flame. A careful, fortunate few cherish that flame, nurture it, hold it as a torch to light their way. But once that flame goes out, it’s gone forever.” Haruki Murakami
Life, Flame, Special, Time, Opportunity, Fate
Haruki Murakami Life, Flame, Special, Time, Opportunity, Fate“If I were a shadow, I know I wouldn’t like to be half of what I should be.” Haruki Murakami
Shadow, Self, Identity, Wholeness, Reflection, Life
Haruki Murakami Shadow, Self, Identity, Wholeness, Reflection, Life“When you come out of the storm, you won’t be the same person who walked in. That’s what this storm’s all about.” Haruki Murakami
Life, Storm, Change, Resilience, Transformation, Overcoming
Haruki Murakami Life, Storm, Change, Resilience, Transformation, Overcoming“This is pretty obvious, but until things happen, they haven’t happened. And often things aren’t what they seem.” Haruki Murakami
Reality, Perception, Happenings, Truth, Illusion, Time
Haruki Murakami Reality, Perception, Happenings, Truth, Illusion, Time“I dream. Sometimes I think that’s the only right thing to do. To dream, to live in the world of dreams. But it doesn’t last forever. Wakefulness always comes to take me back.” Haruki Murakami
Dream World, Fleeting Escape, Reality Bites, Dreams, Wakefulness, Escape
Haruki Murakami Dream World, Fleeting Escape, Reality Bites, Dreams, Wakefulness, Escape“It’s just like Yeats said. In dreams begin responsibilities. Flip this around and you could say that where there’s no power to imagine, no responsibility can arise.” Haruki Murakami
Dreams, Imagination, Responsibility, Power, Life, Reflection
Haruki Murakami Dreams, Imagination, Responsibility, Power, Life, Reflection“People fall in love without reason, without even wanting to. You can’t predict it. That’s love.” Haruki Murakami
Love, Unpredictable, Heart, Emotion, Relationships, Fate
Haruki Murakami Love, Unpredictable, Heart, Emotion, Relationships, Fate“I used to run a full marathon in three hours and 25 or 26 minutes. Not any more.” Haruki Murakami
Past Achievements, Marathon Memories, Physical Decline, Marathon, Run, Minutes
Haruki Murakami Past Achievements, Marathon Memories, Physical Decline, Marathon, Run, Minutes“Time, of course, topples everyone in its path equally- the way that driver beats his old horse until it dies. But the thrashing we receive is one of frightful gentleness. Few of us even realize that we are being beaten.” Haruki Murakami
Time, Inevitability, Existential Reflection, Fate, Personal Realization, Suffering
Haruki Murakami Time, Inevitability, Existential Reflection, Fate, Personal Realization, Suffering“Even if you managed to escape from one cage, weren’t you just in another, larger one?” Haruki Murakami
Freedom, Escape, Life, Choices, Constraints, Reflection
Haruki Murakami Freedom, Escape, Life, Choices, Constraints, Reflection“Living like an empty shell is not really living, no matter how many years it may go on. The heart and flesh of an empty shell give birth to nothing more than the life of an empty shell.” Haruki Murakami
Existence, Life, Meaning, Purpose, Emptiness, Reflection
Haruki Murakami Existence, Life, Meaning, Purpose, Emptiness, Reflection