#u

The sacrifices of friendship were beautiful in her eyes as long as she was not asked to make them. ↗

— Hector Hugh Munro

#beautiful #eyes #friendship #her #long

For me, writing a novel is like having a dream. Writing a novel lets me intentionally dream while I'm still awake. I can continue yesterday's dream today, something you can't normally do in everyday life. ↗

— Haruki Murakami

#continue #dream #everyday #everyday life #having

I am 55 years old now. It takes three years to write one book. I don't know how many books I will be able to write before I die. It is like a countdown. So with each book I am praying - please let me live until I am finished. ↗

— Haruki Murakami

#am #before #book #books #die

It is hard to be an individual in Japan. ↗

— Haruki Murakami

#individual #japan

Among the many values in life, I appreciate freedom most. ↗

— Haruki Murakami

#appreciate #freedom #i #life #many

I get up early in the morning, 4 o'clock, and I sit at my desk and what I do is just dream. After three or four hours, that's enough. In the afternoon, I run. ↗

— Haruki Murakami

#afternoon #clock #desk #dream #early

No one can be an unbeliever nowadays. The Christian Apologists have left one nothing to disbelieve. ↗

— Hector Hugh Munro

#christian #disbelieve #left #nothing #nowadays

I lost some of my friends because I got so famous, people who just assumed that I would be different now. I felt like everyone hated me. That is the most unhappy time of my life. ↗

— Haruki Murakami

#be different #because #different #everyone #famous

I don't know how many good books I still have in me; I hope there are another four or five. ↗

— Haruki Murakami

#books #five #four #good #hope

Some people think literature is high culture and that it should only have a small readership. I don't think so... I have to compete with popular culture, including TV, magazines, movies and video games. ↗

— Haruki Murakami

#culture #games #high #i #including