More quotes by Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood

"Life doesn't require ideals. It requires standards of action."
"Those were strange days, now that I look back at them. In the midst of life, everything revolved around death."
"Despite your best efforts, people are going to be hurt when it's time for them to be hurt."
"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."
"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."