Haruki Murakami

No matter what they wish for, no matter how far they go, people can never be anything but themselves. That's all. ↗

— Haruki Murakami

#story

What happens when people open their hearts?"... "They get better. ↗

— Haruki Murakami

#vulnerability #healing

Despite your best efforts, people are going to be hurt when it's time for them to be hurt. ↗

— Haruki Murakami

#life #loss #love #life

For a while" is a phrase whose length can't be measured.At least by the person who's waiting. ↗

— Haruki Murakami

#waiting #waiting

If you can love someone with your whole heart, even one person, then there's salvation in life. Even if you can't get together with that person. ↗

— Haruki Murakami

#love #life

Memories and thoughts age, just as people do. But certain thoughts can never age, and certain memories can never fade. ↗

— Haruki Murakami

#age

Not just beautiful, though--the stars are like the trees in the forest, alive and breathing. And they're watching me. ↗

— Haruki Murakami

#space #stars #beauty

What we seek is some kind of compensation for what we put up with. ↗

— Haruki Murakami

#searching #seeking #dance

Most everything you think you know about me is nothing more than memories. ↗

— Haruki Murakami

#memory #relationships #life

The pure present is an ungraspable advance of the past devouring the future. In truth, all sensation is already memory. ↗

— Haruki Murakami

#inspirational