All HARUKI MURAKAMI Quotes about “Desire”

“Wasn't it better if they kept this desire to see each other hidden within them, and never actually got together? That way, there would always be hope in their hearts. That hope would be a small, yet vital flame that warmed them to their core-- a tiny flame to cup one's hands around and protect from the wind, a flame that the violent winds of reality might easily extinguish.”
“If I stayed here, something inside me would be lost foreverâ€”something I couldn't afford to lose. It was like a vague dream, a burning, unfulfilled desire. The kind of dream people have only when they're seventeen.”
“Everybody has some one thing they do not want to lose," began the man. "You included. And we are professionals at finding out that very thing. Humans by necessity must have a midway point between their desires and their pride. Just as all objects must have a center of gravity. This is something we can pinpoint. Only when it is gone do people realize it even existed.”
“Was it Aristotle who said the human soul is composed of reason, will, and desire?â€ â€œNo, that was Plato. Aristotle and Plato were as different as Mel TormÃ© and Bing Crosby. In any case, things were a lot simpler in the old days,â€ Komatsu said. â€œWouldnâ€™t it be fun to imagine reason, will, and desire engaged in a fierce debate around a table?”
“There's not much you can do about time - it just keeps on passing. But experience? Don't tell me that. I'm not proud of it, but I don't have any sexual desire. And what sort of experience can a writer have if she doesn't feel passion? It'd be like a chef without an appetite.”

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