Haruki Murakami
Haruki Murakami
Haruki Murakamiis a contemporary Japanese writer. His books and stories have been bestsellers in Japan as well as internationally, with his work being translated into 50 languages and selling millions of copies outside his native country. The critical acclaim for his fiction and non-fiction has led to numerous awards, in Japan and internationally, including the World Fantasy Awardand the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award. His oeuvre received, for example, the Franz Kafka Prizeand the Jerusalem Prize...
NationalityJapanese
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth12 January 1949
CountryJapan
No matter what form the relationship might take, he was the only person she could picture sharing her life with.
No matter how honestly you open up to someone, there are still things you cannot reveal.
No matter what the situation may be, I still take pleasure in witnessing the joy of others.
I'd made it back to the land of the living. No matter how boring or mediocre a world it might be, this was it.
It doesn’t matter how old I get, but as long as I continue to live I’ll always discover something new about myself.
It's all matter of attitude. You could let a lot of things bother you if you wanted to But it's pretty much the same anywhere you go, you can manage.
Losing you is most difficult for me, but the nature of my love for you is what matters. If it distorts into half-truth, then perhaps it is better not to love you. I must keep my mind but loose you.
The sad truth is that certain types of things can't go backward. Once they start going forward, no matter what you do, they can't go back the way they were. If even one little thing goes awry, then that's how it will stay forever.
I'm a coward when it comes to matters of the heart. That is my fatal flaw.
There are lots of things we never understand, no matter how many years we put on, no matter how much experience we accumulate.
What matters is deciding in your heart to accept another person completely. When you do that, it is always the first time and the last.
No matter how far you travel, you can never get away from yourself.
No matter how much time passes, no matter what takes place in the interim, there are some things we can never assign to oblivion, memories we can never rub away.
Original manuscripts are private information. Like personal letters, there are parts I don't want other people to see.