Haruki Murakami Quotes

'Never' is too much of a word. Nothing lasts forever.

Be vigilant, for nothing one achieves lasts forever.

The present will not long endure.

I feel very much aware of my mortality. I'm here, and then I'm not. It's the same thing with everything else: the movie comes out, and then it's gone. Everything is changing all the time, and I'm not going to stress out and spend my entire time chasing something that ultimately doesn't exist.

It's a mantra I've lived by for as long as I can remember. Nothing lasts for ever.

Sometimes you think things are going to be forever, and then... of course, they're not.

I saw that nothing was permanent. You don't want to possess anything that is dear to you because you might lose it.

Time takes all and gives all.

I came like Water, and like Wind I go.

Time is the devourer of all things.

Nothing can be grievous that is but once

The worldly stuff is not always going to be there and it could be taken away at any moment.

This greatest mortal consolation, which we derive from the transitoriness of all things-from the right of saying, in every conjuncture, "This, too, will pass away.

Not to hope for things to last forever, is what the year teaches and even the hour which snatches a nice day away.

Everything comes out of nothingness and goes back into nothingness. Hence there is no need for attachment, because attachment will bring misery. Soon it will be gone. The flower that has blossomed in the morning, by the evening will be gone. Don't get attached; otherwise in the evening there will be misery. Then there will be tears, then you will miss the flower. Enjoy while it is. But remember, it has come out of nothing, and it will go back to nothing. And the same is true about everything, even about people.

In life, and in sports, we all know that nothing lasts forever.

No one could say how long that life would last. Whatever has form can disappear in an instant.

The world is impermanent. One should constantly remember death.

Everything. Things you lost. Things you’re gonna lose. Everything. Here’s where it all ties together.

We tried not to age, but time had its rage.

What is this world? A mere curl of smoke for the wind to scatter.

Time stays, we go.

Even Castles made of sand, fall into the sea, eventually.

I do have a sense, and I've never not had it, of how easily things can vanish.

Yes, you can lose somebody overnight, yes, your whole life can be turned upside down. Life is short. It can come and go like a feather in the wind.