And as the years have passed, the time has grown longer. The sad truth is that what I could recall in five seconds all too needed ten, then thirty, then a full minute - like shadows lengthening at dusk. Someday, I suppose, the shadows will be swallowed up in darkness.
("Norwegian Wood")
More Quotes from Haruki Murakami:
There's no such thing as perfect writing, just like there's no such thing as perfect despair.Haruki Murakami
A girl doesn't always want to go out, you know, Mr. Wind-Up Bird. Sometimes she feels like being nasty--like, if the guy's gonna wait, let him really wait.
Haruki Murakami
Beethoven, he learned, was a proud man who believed absolutely in his own abilities and never bothered to flatter the nobility. Believing that art itself, and the proper expression of emotions, was the most SUBLIME thing in the world, he thought political power and wealth only served one purpose: to make art possible.
Haruki Murakami
Our responsibility begins with our imagination.
Haruki Murakami
The heavy smell of flower petals stroked the walls of my lungs.
Haruki Murakami
Readers Who Like This Quotation Also Like:
Based on Topics: Sadness Quotes, Time Quotes, Truth QuotesBased on Keywords: lengthening
Nevertheless, in the theatre, and in the cinema, the contemporary reality of Poland has been represented only to a minuscule degree in the last 12 years.
Andrzej Wajda
We believe in the dignity of every life, the possibility of every mind, the divinity of every soul. This is our true North.
Elizabeth Dole
The good news about computers is that they do what you tell them to do. The bad news is that they do what you tell them to do.
Ted Nelson