"There are symbolic dreams-- dreams that symbolize some reality. Then there are symbolic realities -- realities that symbolize a dream. Symbols are wha...
In dreams begins responsiblities.
More Haruki Murakami quotes
"If only I could fallsound asleep and wake up in my old reality!
"Don't tell me anymore. You should have your dream, as the old woman told you to. I understand how you feel, but if you put those feelings into words t...
"Have your dream...What you need now more than anything is discipline. Cast off mere words. Words turn into stone. (from Thailand)
"Dreams come from the past, not from the future. Dreams shouldn't control you--you should control them.
"Strictly speaking, it might not be a dream. It was reality, but a reality imbued with all the qualities of a dream. A different sphere of reality, whe...
"I don't dream. Come to think of it, i haven't had any dreams in a long time.
"It's all a question of imagination. Our responsibility begins with the power to imagine.
"You’re afraid of imagination. And even more afraid of dreams. Afraid of the responsibility that begins in dreams. But you have to sleep, and dreams ar...
"You're afraid of imagination. And even more afraid of dreams. Afraid of the responsibility that begins in dreams. But you have to sleep, and dreams ar...
"I have these realistic dreams and snap wide awake in the middle of the night. And for a while I can't work out what's real and what isn't... That kind...
"The answer is dreams. Dreaming on and on. Entering the world of dreams and never coming out. Living in dreams for the rest of time.
"I dream. Sometimes I think that's the only right thing to do.
"They say it's a dangerous experiment to include dreams (actual dreams or otherwise) in the fiction you write. Only a handful of writers - and I'm talk...
"In dreams you don't need to make any distinctions between things. Not at all. Boundaries don't exist. So in dreams there are hardly ever collisions. E...