More quotes by Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood

"I don't go out of my way to make friends, that's all."
"Despite your best efforts, people are going to be hurt when it's time for them to be hurt."
"Don't feel sorry for yourself. Only assholes do that."
"Those were strange days, now that I look back at them. In the midst of life, everything revolved around death."
"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."