# Quote — Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood

> But who can say what's best? That's why you need to grab whatever chance you have of happiness where you find it, and not worry about other people too much. My experience tells me that we get no more than two or three such chances in a life time, and if we let them go, we regret it for the rest of our lives.

- Author: [Haruki Murakami](https://www.leafyquotes.com/haruki-murakami.md)
- Book: [Norwegian Wood](https://www.leafyquotes.com/haruki-murakami/norwegian-wood.md)
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/haruki-murakami/norwegian-wood/but-who-can

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> Maybe what Hatsumi had said to me had had some effect: I could make myself feel far happier just thinking about Naoko than sleeping with some stupid, anonymous girl.

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> "I look around me sometimes and I get sick to my stomach. Why the hell don't these bastards do something? I wonder. They don't do a damn thing, and then they bitch."

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> "I have to pay the price to go on living"

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