What I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Haruki Murakami

Memorable quotes

Learn something, and then it’s time to leave. So my new, simple, and regular life began. I got up before five a.m. and went to bed before ten p.m.

I’m struck by how, except when you’re young, you really need to prioritize in life, figuring out in what order you should divide up your time and energy. If you don’t get that sort of system set by a certain age, you’ll lack focus and your life will be out of balance. I placed the highest priority on the sort of life that lets me focus on writing, not associating with all the people around me.

“Muscles are hard to get and easy to lose. Fat is easy to get and hard to lose.” A painful reality, but a reality all the same.

It’s pretty thin, the wall separating healthy confidence and unhealthy pride.

Most runners run not because they want to live longer, but because they want to live life to the fullest. If you’re going to while away the years, it’s far better to live them with clear goals and fully alive than in a fog,