Haruki Murakami Quotes

And enough for me that when my hand touched your shoulder, you leaned on me; and when you felt me slip away, you called my name.

What's powerful about a love scene is not seeing the act. It's seeing the passion, the need, the desire, the caring, the fear.

This is not a letter but my arms around you for a brief moment.

Love from one being to another can only be that two solitudes come nearer, recognize and protect and comfort each other.

I have too much respect for people to try to control them. But they are estranged from love, afraid to reach out and touch one another. We're afraid to appear sentimental or speak in platitudes because people will say, 'What a jerk!' It takes courage in our culture to be a lover.

I'm not real good at romance.

He leans over and takes her hand. With the other he touches her face. ‘You your best thing, Sethe. You are.’ His holding fingers are holding hers. ‘Me? Me?

Intimacy can be about holding someone's hand. It could be about stroking their hair.

When I'm in love with a woman, seeing her in something cozy makes me not want to let go of her when I'm holding her.

Why watch someone kissing when people really close their eyes when they kiss?

It would be nice to have someone to go back to, a girl to call at the end of the night after a long day.

If fear is the great enemy of intimacy, love is its true friend.

My softer side? I mean, I like to snuggle.

I'll put it out there: I love getting hugs.

I like having a woman. I like having someone to come home to, to make all of the hard work feel worth it. I need someone with me. And I want someone.

How we need another soul to cling to.

And if you see me, smile and maybe give me a hug. That's important to me too.

There's nothing like being hugged or held or just anything as simple as that.

When it's a love scene with someone you actually love, there's no feeling like, 'Can I touch him here? Can I touch him there?' You know what your boundaries are - or what they aren't, I suppose.

Kissing someone is pretty intimate, actually very intimate, and your heart always kind of skips a beat before you do that.

They invented hugs to let people know you love them without saying anything.

I can't really explain what it's like to be in love, but I feel like it's being comfortable. It's almost like having a best friend. It's a beautiful thing.

I will say to all the fellas out there that, seriously, I am a setup. I'm just like rose petals. I'm like incense. I'm a background thing for you when you do your thing with your lady. I'm a friend, only assisting you in your lurve machinations. So have no fear of me, people.

I love nicknames. It makes me feel loved. It makes me feel less alone in this world.

The beginning of love is a horror of emptiness.