I don't go out of my way to make friends, that's all. - Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood

"Don't feel sorry for yourself. Only assholes do that."

"People leave strange little memories of themselves behind when they die."

"It just happens to be the way that I'm made. I have to write things down to feel I fully comprehend them."

"Despite your best efforts, people are going to be hurt when it's time for them to be hurt."

"But who can say what's best? That's why you need to grab whatever chance you have of happiness where you find it, and not worry about other people too much. My experience tells me that we get no more than two or three such chances in a life time, and if we let them go, we regret it for the rest of our lives."