Haruki Murakami Quotes

I think about dying every day, because I can't stop thinking about living.

Understand death? Sure. That was when the monsters got you.

I find looking forward scary because you might die.

Death is a sniper. It strikes people you love, people you like, people you know - it's everywhere. You could be next. But then you turn out not to be. But then again, you could be.

There's nothing like impending death to rouse you from existential boredom.

Every time I go to sleep, I know I may never wake up. How could anyone expect to? You drop your tiny, helpless mind into a bottomless well, crossing your fingers and hoping when you pull it out on its flimsy fishing wire it hasn't been gnawed to bones by nameless beasts below.

We live in a very scary time. Or should I say we don't live at all.

One day all of us will die but - and this is the important thing - we are not dead yet.

But this is a thing that I know--to live with fear is not to live at all. A man will die every moment he is afraid.

To die is nothing; but it is terrible not to live.

Death is wonderful because you can't think about it. How are you gonna think about it?

Every fear is fear of death.

Oh, god,” I said. “Sorry, sorry. Do I die now?” --Sadie to Zia

That which most concerns and worries you - your survival - is the only certainty you have.

I'm afraid of the general things that everyone is afraid of: a bump in the night that could be a cat or Death dragging his sickle across the room; losing my health; becoming homeless, never meeting George Clooney.

Worrying about dying will hardly help you live.

People have hope because they cannot see Death standing behind them.

If one was to think constantly of death, the business of life would stand still

While there's life, there's fear.

Better be killed than frightened to death.

Life inspires more dread than death - it is life which is the great unknown.

I thought they'd get one of us, but Jack, after all he's been through, never worried about it I thought it would be me.

Mortality applies to every aspect of life. The fear of death is the driving fear of life.

I don't worry. I'm more stoical. Of course I have insecurities. I fear getting older. I fear death and illness. I'm not prone to depression, but I get depressed because everybody gets depressed. Suddenly I'm away from my family or doing a job I'm not enjoying.

When desire dies, fear is born.