More quotes by Haruki Murakami, 1Q84

"I've been lonely for so long. And I've been hurt so deeply. If only I could have met you again a long time ago, then I wouldn't have had to take all these detours to get here.'Tengo shook his head. 'I don't think so. This way is just fine. This is exactly the right time. For both of us. [...] We needed that much time.... to understand how lonely we really were."
"Life is not like water. Things in life don't necessarily flow over the shortest possible route."
"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."
"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."
"A person learns how to love himself through the simple acts of loving and being loved by someone else."