"

Sometimes I feel as if I'm racing with my own shadow

"

I want to write stories that are different from the ones I've written so far, Junpei thought: I want to write about people who dream and wait for the ...more

"

It wasn't like there was some obvious change. Actually, the problem was more a lack of change. Nothing about her had changed - the way she spoke, her ...more

"

Durum semolina, golden wheat wafting in Italian fields. Can you imagine how astonished the Italians would be if they knew that what they were exportin...more

"

Still, this was on the order of a minor miracle, running across someone to whom you can express your feeling so clearly, so completely. Most people go...more

"

I've been clinging to this world like a discarded shell of an insect stuck to a branch, about to be blown off forever by a gust of wind.

"

All you have to do is wait. Sit tight and wait for the right moment. Not try to change anything by force, just watch the drift of things. Make an effo...more

"

I'm your phantom dance partner. I'm your shadow. I'm not anything more.

"

Like boarding a train running parallel. That's what disappearing is.

"

...no matter how advanced the system, no matter how precise, unless we have the will to communicate, there's no connection. And even supposing the wil...more

"

People fall in love without reason, without even wanting to. You can't predict it. That's love.

"

I just got my signals crossed. First thing, I have to untangle the connections. Otherwise, I come away empty-handed. Or with someone else's hands. Or ...more

"

I could feel a small polished stone sinking through the darkest waters of my heart. All those deep convoluted channels and passageways, and yet she ma...more

"

Energies expended on sideshows, never on the main event. Where the hell was the main event? Was there a main event?

"

We keep moving. And as we do, the things around us, well, they disappear.