That's what we all do: endlessly take the long way around..

By then running had entered the realm of the metaphysical. First there came the action of running, and accompanying it there was this entity known as….

I couldn't tell wether the hole that opened up inside me was from missing you or from the change of season.

Everybody thinks I'm this delicate little girl. But you can't tell a book by it's cover.' To which she added a momentary smile..

People sometimes sneer at those who run every day, claiming they'll go to any length to live longer. But don't think that's the reason most people ru….

Well, finally, the events I've been through have been tremendously complicated. All kinds of characters have come on the scene, and strange things ha….

I think people who share my dreams can enjoy reading my novels. And that's a wonderful thing. I said that myths are like a reservoir of stories, and ….

Even if we could turn back, we'd probably never end up where we started..

I'm not a fast thinker, but once I am interested in something, I am doing it for many years..

I never could stand being forced to do something I didn't want to do at a time I didn't want to do it. Whenever I was able to do something I liked to….

Things may look different to you than they did before. I've had that experience myself. But don't let appearances fool you. There's only one reality..

The ocean was one of the greatest things he had ever seen in his life—bigger and deeper than anything he had imagined. It changed its color and shape….

Genius or fool, you don't live in the world alone. You can hide underground or you can build a wall around yourself, but somebody's going to come alo….

If you want everything to be nice and straight all the time, then go live in a world made with a triungular ruler..

Hey, what is it with you? Why are you so spaced out? You still haven't answered me." I probably still haven't completely adapted to the world," I sai….

But what seems like a reasonable distance to one person might feel too far to somebody else..

Cell phones are so convenient that they're an inconvenience..

In the spring of her twenty-second year, Sumire fell in love for the first time in her life..

It's just that you're about to do something out of the ordinary. And after you do something like that, the everyday look of things might seem to chan….

The world is full of ways and means to waste time..

I'm a writer, not a professional runner. It's fun and it helps me write. I need powerful concentration..