Haruki Murakami Quotes

It was troubling that one of the few people she trusted was a man she spent so much time avoiding

We have to look at our history and realize that if they pretend to be our friend it's because they've got something up their sleeve.

Just because people don't trust people doesn't mean [they] don't like them. There are lots of paranoid people in the world. You figure out their personalities and make them work.

I'm not super open to new people. I have a small group of people I trust. I'm very intuitive, so I'm good at feeling out how people are, like if they have bad intentions. Sometimes I'm very closed off, which annoys me, but I think it's for the best.

I don't suppose you have many friends. Neither do I. I don't trust people who say they have a lot of friends. It's a sure sign that they don't really know anyone.

Sometimes I get this gut feeling about people - maybe I sense a hidden agenda or that they care for the money more than the message. I wish that I'd listen to that feeling instead of waiting for the truth to rear its ugly head. I'm a smart girl. I'm loyal. But sometimes I'm too loyal. I'm not loyal enough to myself.

These days I don't know who really likes me. I always assume most people are bullshitting me.

When people are suspicious with you, you start being suspicious with them.

Never trust people who smile constantly. They're either selling something or not very bright.

A person who is keen to shake your hand usually has something up his sleeve.

Everything pertaining to what's happening has never come to the surface. The world will never know the true facts of what occurred, my motives. The people who had so much to gain, and had such an ulterior motive for putting me in the position I'm in, will never let the true facts come above board to the world.

I don't care about sex anymore. It's a headache. It's hard to trust people. You talk to a girl, and then she screenshots a text message.

I have two rules. One is, never trust a man who smokes a pipe. The other is, never trust a man with shiny shoes.

Sometimes people who seem good end up being not as good as you might have hoped, you know?

I can't help but be a little more gun-shy and wary about people.

You think I'd cheat on you?" I demanded with all the innocent outrage I could muster. "With another guy, no. With a cheeseburger . . . in a heartbeat.

There's an element of trust that you don't find with people nowadays.

“You don't have much faith in people, do you?” said David. “I don't have much faith in anything,” Roland replied. “Not even in myself.”

I'm not paranoid,I just don't trust people.

Sometimes you have to admit that a relationship can't be fixed. That no matter how much you want to, you can't trust some people.

Never underestimate the meanness in people's souls... Even when they're being kind... especially when they're being kind.

Words don't tell you what people are thinking. Rarely do we use words to really tell. We use words to sell people or to convince people or to make them admire us. It's all disguise. It's all hidden -- a secret language.

I had a job to do in the ring, and the businessmen around me had a job to do outside the ring, I did my job by beating up most of the guys they put in front of me and staying in shape, but the people I trusted didn't do their jobs.

Trust not the horse, O Trojans. Be it what it may, I fear the Grecians even when they offer gifts.

It's not what people do that scares me. It's what they hide. It's the secrets that keep us from bonding and create distrust. If we were more willing to accept each other's depravity we'd be more united, we'd be more honest. If you hide two things from me, I'll assume you're hiding a million. And I'll keep you at a distance. I'm not afraid of the evil in you. It's in me too.