More quotes by Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood

"In his or her own way, everyone I saw before me looked happy. Whether they were really happy or just looked it, I couldn't tell. But they did look happy on this pleasant early afternoon in late September, and because of that I felt a kind of loneliness new to me, as if I were the only one here who was not truly part of the scene."
"I have a million things to talk to you about. All I want in this world is you. I want to see you and talk. I want the two of us to begin everything from the beginning."
"People leave strange little memories of themselves behind when they die."
"Despite your best efforts, people are going to be hurt when it's time for them to be hurt."
"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."