Finally the homeless eel marked its territory, I suppose, and the Doctor lay heavily upon me, moist with sweat.

I don't like things held up before me that I cannot have.

Well, a peach has a lovely taste and so does a mushroom, but you can't put the two together.

Every man has his destiny. But who needs to go to a fortune-teller to find it? Do I go to a chef to find out if I'm hungry?

Geisha is always called beautiful even if she is not.

Perhaps it seems odd that a casual meeting on the street could have brought about such change. But sometimes life is like that isn't it

You seemed so desperate, like you might drown if someone didn't save you.