Why were we so far apart, even when we were together? It was a nice loneliness, like the sensation of washing your face in cold water..

In places where a loved one has died, time stops for eternity. If I stand on the very spot, one says to oneself, like a prayer, might I feel the pain….

I should have told her at the time. I could have taken a deep breath, looked away, and forced myself to say it..

Over and over, we begin again..

People aren't overcome by situations or outside forces. Defeat comes from within..

I love feeling the rhythm of other people's lives. It's like traveling..

No matter where you are, you're always a bit on your own, always an outsider..

She was still there inside me now, just as she always was: a life put on hold, a memory I didn't know how to handle..

Things look different depending on your perspective. As I see it, fighting to bridge those gaps isn't what really matters. The most important thing i….

When was it I realized that, on this truly dark and solitary path we all walk, the only way we can light is our own? Although I was raised with love,….

The sky was incredibly far away, and beautiful enough to make a person wonder why our hearts are never so free..

People who are going to get along really well know it almost as soon as they meet. You spend a little while talking and everyone starts to feel this ….

it'll be this kind of deep blue”she said. “The kind of color that somehow sucks your eyes and your ears and all your words —the color of a completely….

Of course, it’s true that sometimes the pink at sunrise somehow seems brighter than the pink at sunset, and that when you’re feeling down the the lan….

Time expands and contracts. When it expands, it’s like pitch: it folds people in its arms and holds them forever in its embrace. It doesn’t let us go….

Hitoshi: I'll never be able to be here again. As the minutes slide by, I move on. The flow of time is something I cannot stop. I haven't a choice. I ….

But I have my life, I’m living it. It’s twisted, exhausting, uncertain, and full of guilt, but nonetheless, there’s something there..

Again and again I will suffer; again and again I will get back on my feet. I will not be defeated..

The place I like best in this world is the kitchen. No matter where it is, no matter what kind, if it’s a kitchen, if it’s a place where they make fo….

Love is the kind of thing that's already happening by the time you notice it, that's how it works, and no matter how old you get, that doesn't change….

I spent most of my time thinking, because I didn't have enough energy to do anything else..