Life Quotes Quote by Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

““Being with her I feel a pain, like a frozen knife stuck in my chest. An awful pain, but the funny thing is I'm thankful for it. It's like that frozen pain and my very existence are one.”

“Love can rebuild the world, they say, so everything's possible when it comes to love.”

“Time expands, then contracts, all in tune with the stirrings of the heart.”

“In everybody’s life there’s a point of no return. And in a very few cases, a point where you can’t go forward anymore. And when we reach that point, all we can do is quietly accept the fact. That’s how we survive.”

“People soon get tired of things that aren't boring, but not of what is boring.”

““In traveling, a companion, in life, compassion,'" she repeats, making sure of it. If she had paper and pencil, it wouldn't surprise me if she wrote it down. "So what does that really mean? In simple terms."”

“Regrets are about decisions that you know you should have done different.”

“Life... is like a grapefruit. Well, it's sort of orangey-yellow and dimpled on the outside, wet and squidgy in the middle. It's got pips inside, too. Oh, and some people have half a one for breakfast.”

“They must often change, who would be constant in happiness or wisdom.”

“Every time you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing.”

“That’s life for you. All the happiness you gather to yourself, it will sweep away like it’s nothing. If you ask me I don’t think there are any such things as curses. I think there is only life. That’s enough.”

“When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.”