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“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
a murakami protagonist day*
do the dishes
make your bed
read a book in silence
get the groceries for one or two meals
have a beer
go for a walk
(get a phone call from nobody)
follow a cat through the neighborhood
do the laundry
change your sheets
sit on your couch and listen to a full album
take a shower
sit on your balcony at night
go to a diner alone and have a bite to eat
watch people from afar
take a train to the next town
call an old friend
clean your room or house
take a nap
have a cup of tea
paint or draw
air out the room
stretch or do yoga
(* murakami’s descriptions of his protagonists’ day to day lives always seem so mundane and calming to me that I thought I’d list a few activities that fit right in and might calm me, too.)
Sometimes I feel like a caretaker of a museum — a huge, empty museum where no one ever comes, and I’m watching over it for no one but myself.
Haruki Murakami, Pinball, 1973 (via larmoyante)
Sometimes I feel like a caretaker of a museum — a huge, empty museum where no one ever comes, and I’m watching over it for no one but myself.
Haruki Murakami, Pinball, 1973 (via larmoyante)
“She was the kind of person who took care of things by herself. She’d never ask anybody for advice or help. It wasn’t a matter of pride, I think. She just did what seemed natural to her.”
— Haruki Murakami
Kafka on the Shore
Haruki Murakami
-Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the shore
—Haruki Murakami, 1Q84
~ it hurts still though...
“We cannot simply sit and stare at our wounds forever. We must stand up and move on to the next action.”
— Haruki Murakami, 1Q84
I really find it interesting how authors can describe or express any feelings that I never thought could be described or expressed. I've been feeling like this for a loooong time but I couldn't put it into words.. but the authors, I tell you, they know everything.
I MEAN I WANT THAT KIND OF POWER.
"It's hard to tell the difference between sea and sky, between voyager and sea. Between reality and the workings of the heart."
This is one more piece of advice I have for you: don’t get impatient. Even if things are so tangled up you can’t do anything, don’t get desperate or blow a fuse and start yanking on one particular thread before it’s ready to come undone. You have to realize it’s going to be a long process and that you’ll work on things slowly, one at a time.
Haruki Murakami (via quotemadness)
I have read 20 books in 2024 and those were the most enjoyable for me. The raven cycle and the starless sea hit me right into my heart and im so happy that i finally picked them after years of thinking!
Evening read... ( and a little thought)
This part, don't know why but there is something in it. Like the feeling you can't explain but love
Studied physics today and read Norwegian wood by Haruki Murakami. I really like Nagasawa's character a lot.
"Lo que para una persona puede ser una distancia prudencial, para otra puede ser un abismo"
Haruki Murakami
i’m currently reading : 1Q84 by haruki murakami !
i love murakami’s books soo much, and even though this one is super long i’m already in love with it!! i’m trying not to zoom through it but it’s so good i just can’t help myself ><
ft this cutie cat :3
I was always attracted not by some quantifiable, external beauty, but by something deep down, something absolute. Just as some people have a secret love for rainstorms, earthquakes, or blackouts, I liked that certain, undefinable something.
Haruki Murakami, The Unvisited