This is what it means to live on. When granted hope, a person uses it as fuel, as a guidepost to life. It is impossible to live without hope..

People leave strange little memories of themselves behind when they die..

It’s precisely because of the pain, the we can get the feeling, through this process, of really being alive—or at least a partial sense of it..

No matter how much suffering you went through, you never wanted to let go of those memories..

An expectation was there, mixed in with so many other emotions - excitement, resignation, hesitation, confusion, fear - that would well up then withe….

What’s more, you’re loads better than you think you are.” “So why is it I get to thinking that way?” I puzzled. “That’s because you’re only half-livi….

You can keep as quiet as you like, but one of these days somebody is going to find you..

I can't imagine how American readers will react to a novel, but if the story is appealing it doesn't matter much if you don't catch all the detail. I….

There is nothing in this world that never takes a step outside a person's heart..

Wasn't he the one who said you shouldn't trust anybody who calls himself an ordinar man? - Naoko.

Nobody's easier to fool, than the person who is convinced that he is right..

With luck, it might even snow for us..

But actually time isn't a straight line. It doesn't ave a shape. In all senses of the term, it doesn't have any form. But since we can't picture some….

No mistake about it. Ice is cold; roses are red; I'm in love. And this love is about to carry me off somewhere. The current's too overpowering; I don….

To keep on going, you have to keep up the rhythm..

A deserted library in the morning - there's something about it that really gets to me. All possible words and ideas are there, resting peacefully..

It feels like everything's been decided in advance that I'm following a path somebody else has already mapped out for me. It doesn't matter how much ….

Myths are the prototype for all stories. When we write a story on our own it can't help but link up with all sorts of myths. Myths are like a reservo….

I began running on an everyday basis after I became a writer. As being a writer requires sitting at a desk for hours a day, without getting some exer….

As with marathon runs and lengths of toilet paper, there had to be standards to measure up to..

If I have left a wound inside you, it is not just your wound but mine as well..