All HARUKI MURAKAMI Quotes about “Running”

“In long-distance running the only opponent you have to beat is yourself, the way you used to be.”
“If you're young and talented, it's like you have wings.”
“I've always done whatever I felt like doing in life. People may try to stop me, and convince me I'm wrong, but I won't change.”
“I'm often asked what I think about as I run. Usually the people who ask this have never run long distances themselves. I always ponder the question. What exactly do I think about when I'm running? I don't have a clue.”
“All I do is keep on running in my own cozy, homemade void, my own nostalgic silence. And this is a pretty wonderful thing. No matter what anybody else says.”
“I'll be happy if running and I can grow old together.”
“I don't know, there's something about you. Say there's an hourglass: the sand's about to run out. Someone like you can always be counted on to turn the thing over.”
“When I first met you, I felt a kind of contradiction in you. Youâ€™re seeking something, but at the same time, you are running away for all youâ€™re worth.”
“Distance might not solve anything, no matter how far you run.”
“These days I just can't seem to say what I mean [...]. I just can't. Every time I try to say something, it misses the point. Either that or I end up saying the opposite of what I mean. The more I try to get it right the more mixed up it gets. Sometimes I can't even remember what I was trying to say in the first place. It's like my body's split in two and one of me is chasing the other me around a big pillar. We're running circles around it. The other me has the right words, but I can never catch her.”
“Deep rivers run quiet.”
“One foot in front of the other. Repeat as often as necessary to finish.”

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