More quotes by Haruki Murakami, 1Q84

"But hell, you've gotta work with what you've got."
"Life is not like water. Things in life don't necessarily flow over the shortest possible route."
"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."
"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."
"A person learns how to love himself through the simple acts of loving and being loved by someone else."