I don't go out of my way to make friends, that's all. It just leads to disappointment.

“Whatever it is you're seeking won't come in the form you're expecting.”

― Haruki Marukami

“What happens when people open their hearts?"
"They get better.”
― Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood

“Why do people have to be this lonely? What's the point of it all? Millions of people in this world, all of them yearning, looking to others to satisfy them, yet isolating themselves. Why? Was the earth put here just to nourish human loneliness?”
― Haruki Murakami, Sputnik Sweetheart

“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. ”
― Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood