I would essay, but I'm lazy so have more quotes from the anime. :D
Kyon: Suzumiya, I've probably said this already, but how about you give up on looking for mysterious things you're not going to find and try having fun the way a normal high schooler does?
Haruhi: How does a normal high schooler have fun?
Kyon: Find some nice guy and do your city searching with him. You could even call it a date. Kill two birds with one stone.
Haurhi: Men are worthless. Feelings of love are just a temporary lapse in judgment. Like a kind of mental illness. Even I get in the mood for that stuff every now and then. I am a healthy young girl, after all. My body has its urges. But you know, I'm not stupid enough to let a moment's slip-up leave me saddled with a huge burden. Besides, if I start shopping around for guys what will happen to the SOS Brigade? I've only just made it.
Kyon: You could turn it into some random club that just has fun. You'll get people to join that way.
Haruhi: No way! I made the SOS Brigade because that kind of club is no fun! I even recruited an alluring mascot and a mysterious transfer student. Why doesn't anything happen? I wonder if some kind of full-blown trouble will happen.
(to Haruhi)
Asakura: Don't say such dangerous things! But that's true. If something happened to make everyday life more interesting that could be quite wonderful.
(thinking)
Kyon: It's the first time I've seen Haruhi look so defeated, but her crestfallen face was surprisingly cute.
(to Kyon)
Asakura: Perhaps Suzumiya-san is feeling lovesick?
(to Asakura)
Kyon: Definitely not.
(thinking)
Kyon: Suzumiya isn't going to suddenly fall in love and her full-blown trouble isn't going to happen. At least not anytime soon, in this world.