What I Talk About When I Talk About Running

Haruki Murakami Books I've read (18 books items)

"- It is a memoir by Haruki Murakami in which he writes about his interest and participation in long-distance running. Murakami started running in the early 1980s and since then has competed in over twenty marathons and an ultramarathon. - The book's title was inspired by Raymond Carver's collection of short stories entitled What We Talk About When We Talk About Love."

Book Diary 2020 (112 books items)

" So the fact that I’m me and no one else is one of my greatest assets. Emotional hurt is the price a person has to pay in order to be independent. Forgive me for stating the obvious, but the world is made up of all kinds of people. Other people have their own value to live by, and the same holds true with me. The most important thing we learn at school is the fact that the most important things can't be learned at school. Nothing in the real world is as beautiful as the illusions of a perso"