More quotes by Haruki Murakami, 1Q84

"Human beings are ultimately nothing but carriers-passageways- for genes. They ride us into the ground like racehorses from generation to generation. Genes don't think about what constitutes good or evil. They don't care whether we are happy or unhappy. We're just means to an end for them. The only thing they think about is what is most efficient for them."
"But hell, you've gotta work with what you've got."
"If you can love someone with your whole heart, even one person, then there's salvation in life. Even if you can't get together with that person."
"This is what it means to live on. When granted hope, a person uses it as fuel, as a guidepost to life. It is impossible to live without hope."
"Wherever there's hope there's a trial."