More quotes by Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood

"Nobody likes being alone that much. I don't go out of my way to make friends, that's all. It just leads to disappointment."
"No truth can cure the sorrow we feel from losing a loved one. No truth, no sincerity, no strength, no kindness can cure that sorrow. All we can do is see it through to the end and learn something from it, but what we learn will be no help in facing the next sorrow that comes to us without warning."
"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."
"People leave strange little memories of themselves behind when they die."
"With my eyes closed, I would touch a familiar book and draw its fragrance deep inside me. This was enough to make me happy."