I had no ambition to be a writer because the books I read were too good, my standards were too high. Votes: 4
I don't know how many good books I still have in me; I hope there are another four or five. Votes: 2
I'm all alone, but I'm not lonely. Votes: 0
If you're in pitch blackness, all you can do is sit tight until your eyes get used to the dark Votes: 0
Life is like a box of cookies. Votes: 0
There's no such thing as perfect writing, just like there's no such thing as perfect despair. Votes: 0
In the end, like so many beautiful promises in our lives, that dinner date never came to be. Votes: 0
In long-distance running the only opponent you have to beat is yourself, the way you used to be. Votes: 0
Everytime you see a flood like that on the news you tell yourself: That's it. That's my heart. Votes: 0
I go by the gut. I might not appear to have any talent but I've got plenty of gut instinct. Votes: 0
No one could say how long that life would last. Whatever has form can disappear in an instant. Votes: 0
A certain type of perfection can only be realized through a limitless accumulation of the imperfect. Votes: 0
Two-thirds of earth's surface is ocean, and all we can see with the naked eye is the surface. Votes: 0
Never trust a man who carries a handkerchief, I always say. One of many prejudicial rules of thumb. Votes: 0
What a terrible thing it is to wound someone you really care for and to do it so unconsciously. Votes: 0
Nobody's going to win all the time. On the highway of life you can't always be in the fast lane. Votes: 0
Music brings a warm glow to my vision, thawing mind and muscle from their endless wintering. Votes: 0
That's evolution. Evolution's always hard. Hard and bleak. No such thing as happy evolution Votes: 0
Count your blessings Votes: 0
Whenever I write a novel, music just sort of naturally slips in (much like cats do, I suppose). Votes: 0
People fall in love without reason, without even wanting to. You can't predict it. That's love. Votes: 0
There are three reasons I failed. Not enough training. Not enough training. And not enough training. Votes: 0
I never trust people with no appetite. It's like they're always holding something back on you. Votes: 0
Unclose your mind. You are not a prisoner. You are a bird in fight, searching the skies for dreams. Votes: 0
Killing time is not an easy job. Votes: 0
I may not look it, but I can be a very patient guy. And killing time is one of my specialities. Votes: 0
I'm not a fast thinker, but once I am interested in something, I am doing it for many years. Votes: 0
A person's destiny is something you look back at afterwards, not something to be known in advance. Votes: 0
All imperfections are forced upon the imperfect, so the 'perfect' can live content and oblivious. Votes: 0
And her sleep was too long and deep for that:so deep that she left her normal reality behind. Votes: 0
As with marathon runs and lengths of toilet paper, there had to be standards to measure up to. Votes: 0
At least he never walked. Votes: 0
But the silence spoke volumes. Votes: 0
But what seems like a reasonable distance to one person might feel too far to somebody else. Votes: 0
Crying is personal. On the other hand, laughing is more general . Laughing makes our hearts wider. Votes: 0
Deep rivers run quiet. Votes: 0
Even if you don't acknowledge it, people die, and guys sleep with girls. That's just how it is. Votes: 0
Ever since that happened to me, I haven't been able to give myself to anyone in this world. Votes: 0
Everything in life is a metaphor. Votes: 0
Everything just blows me away. Votes: 0
For a while" is a phrase whose length can't be measured.At least by the person who's waiting. Votes: 0
I am worrying about my country. I feel I have a responsibility as a novelist to do something. Votes: 0
I don't know what it means to live. Votes: 0
I just feel pain. A lot of pain. I thought I could imagine how much this would hurt but I was wrong. Votes: 0
I wonder what ants do on rainy days? Votes: 0
I'm me, and at the same time not me. That's what it felt like. A very still, quiet feeling. Votes: 0
I've built a wall around me, never letting anybody inside and trying not to venture outside myself Votes: 0
If you can't understand it without an explanation, you can't understand it with an explanation. Votes: 0
If you do anything out of the ordinary, you can be sure someone, somewhere, will get upset. Votes: 0
If you try to use your head to think about things, people don't want to have anything to do with you Votes: 0
I'll never see them again. I know that. And they know that. And knowing this, we say farewell. Votes: 0
I'm not human. I'm a piece of machinery. I don't need to feel a thing. Just forge on ahead. Votes: 0
In the spring of her twenty-second year, Sumire fell in love for the first time in her life. Votes: 0
It is very simple, actually. It is because you and Tengo were so powerfully drawn to each other. Votes: 0
Kids' hearts are malleable, but once they gel it's hard to get them back the way they were. Votes: 0
Life is not like water. Things in life don't necessarily flow over the shortest possible route. Votes: 0
Life: I'll never understand it. Votes: 0
Nature is actually unnatural Votes: 0
No matter how much suffering you went through, you never wanted to let go of those memories. Votes: 0
No matter what the situation may be, I still take pleasure in witnessing the joy of others. Votes: 0
Nothing in the real world is as beautiful as the illusions of a person about to lose consciousness. Votes: 0
Open your eyes, train your ears, use your head. If a mind you have, then use it while you can. Votes: 0
So many dreams, so many disappointments, so many promises. And in the end, they all just vanish. Votes: 0
So this was how secrets got started, I thought to myself. People constructed them little by little. Votes: 0
So what's wrong if there happens to be one guy in the world who enjoys trying to understand you? Votes: 0
Somewhere in his body--perhaps in the marrow of his bones--he would continue to feel her absence. Votes: 0
Spend your money on the things money can buy. Spend your time on the things money can't buy. Votes: 0
The best musicians transpose consciousness into sound; painters do the same for color and shape. Votes: 0
The best point of my novels, I think, is their humor. I want to keep many my works humorous. Votes: 0
The best way to think about reality, I had decided, was to get as far away from it as possible. Votes: 0
The faintest gleam of their lost memories glimmered for the briefest moment in their hearts. Votes: 0
The most dangerous creature here would have to be me. So maybe I'm just scared of my own shadow. Votes: 0
The things she most wanted to tell him would lose their meaning the moment she put them into words. Votes: 0
This is the extent of his knowledge of the sea: it was very big, it was salty, and fish lived there. Votes: 0
To be able to grasp something of value, sometimes you have to perform seemingly inefficient acts. Votes: 0
Unclose your mind. You are not a prisoner. You are a bird in flight, searching the skies for dreams. Votes: 0
Wasn't he the one who said you shouldn't trust anybody who calls himself an ordinar man? - Naoko Votes: 0
We were young, and we had no need for prophecies. Just living was itself an act of prophecy. Votes: 0
What the world needs is a set villain that people can point at and say, "It's all your fault! Votes: 0
What's nurtured slowly grows well. Votes: 0
When the fire goes out, you'll start feeling the cold. You'll wake up whether you want to or not. Votes: 0
Whiskey, like a beautiful woman, demands appreciation. You gaze first, then it's time to drink. Votes: 0
Will you wait for me forever? Votes: 0
You don't have to judge the whole world by your own standards. Not everybody is like you, you know. Votes: 0
You know what it's like when you're trying to fall asleep and it only makes you more wide awake? Votes: 0
I'm not so weird to me. Votes: 0
I move, therefore I am. Votes: 0