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Haruki Murakami was born in Kyoto, Japan, in 1949.
* He studied drama and literature at Waseda University in Tokyo.
* After college, he opened a jazz bar, which he and his wife ran for seven years.
* His first novel, Hear the Wind Sing, was published in 1979.
* He has since written over 20 novels, including Norwegian Wood, Kafka on the Shore, and 1Q84.
* His work has been translated into over 50 languages and has sold over 100 million copies worldwide.
* He has won numerous awards, including the Franz Kafka Prize and the Jerusalem Prize.
* He is considered one of the most important and influential writers of his generation.
* He currently lives in Tokyo with his wife and two children.

People soon get tired of things that aren't boring, but not of what is boring.

Haruki Murakami

Sometimes when I look at you, I feel I'm gazing at a distant star. It's dazzling, but the light is from tens of thousands of years ago.Maybe the star doesn't even exist any more. Yet sometimes that light seems more real to me than anything.

Haruki Murakami

Time expands, then contracts, all in tune with the stirrings of the heart.

Haruki Murakami

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

Haruki Murakami

Quizás aun no te comprenda. Pero, con un poco de tiempo, llegaré a entenderte. Y no habrá nadie en el mundo que te comprenda mejor que yo.

Haruki Murakami

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

Haruki Murakami

If you remember me, then I don't care if everyone else forgets.

Haruki Murakami

There weren't any curtains in the windows, and the books that didn't fit into the bookshelf lay piled on the floor like a bunch of intellectual refugees.

Haruki Murakami

Some things in life are too complicated to explain in any language.

Haruki Murakami

As we go through life we gradually discover who we are, but the more we discover, the more we lose ourselves.

Haruki Murakami

People fall in love without reason, without even wanting to. You can't predict it. That's love.

Haruki Murakami

It just happens to be the way that I'm made. I have to write things down to feel I fully comprehend them.

Haruki Murakami

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

That’s how stories happen — with a turning point, an unexpected twist. There’s only one kind of happiness, but misfortune comes in all shapes and sizes. It’s like Tolstoy said. Happiness is an allegory, unhappiness a story.

Haruki Murakami

In everybody’s life there’s a point of no return. And in a very few cases, a point where you can’t go forward anymore. And when we reach that point, all we can do is quietly accept the fact. That’s how we survive.

Haruki Murakami

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