Quotes: Haruki Murakami

"Maybe working on the little things as dutifully and honestly as we can is how we stay sane when the world is falling apart."

–– Haruki Murakami (b.1949), Japanese writer 

via: Sketchbook U 21, 2025, p. 12.

Quotes: Haruki Murakami

"A certain type of perfection can only be realized through a limitless accumulation of the imperfect." 

–– Haruki Murakami (b.1949), Japanese writer 

Source: Daily Philosopher Instagram, September 10, 2024. 

via: Sketchbook N 14, 2024, p. 27.

Quotes: Haruki Murakami

"The repetition itself becomes the important thing; it's a form of mesmerism. I mesmerize myself to reach a deeper state of mind." 

–– Haruki Murakami (b.1949), Japanese writer 

via: Anvil Knapsack Sketchbook 2017-2020, 2017, p. 1.