Haruki Murakami Quotes


Why do people have to be this lonely? What's the point of it all? Millions of people in this world, all of them yearning, looking to others to satisfy them, yet isolating themselves. Why? Was the earth put here just to nourish human loneliness?


Citations

Murakami, Haruki. Sputnik Sweetheart. Translated by Philip Gabriel, Alfred A. Knopf, 2001.

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Haruki Murakami
Haruki Murakami
  • Born: January 12, 1949
  • Nationality: Japanese
  • Profession: Novelist, Short-story Writer, Essayist, Translator

Haruki Murakami is a Japanese writer. His books and stories have been bestsellers in Japan as well as internationally, with his work being translated into 50 languages and selling millions of copies outside his native country. His work has received numerous awards, including the World Fantasy Award, the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award, the Franz Kafka Prize, and the Jerusalem Prize.