...have a theory that she is in love with the dream of someone and not an actual person.

It is difficult to see a situation for what it is when you are in the midst of it,” Tsukiko says. “It is too familiar. Too comfortable.

I am a fan of magic and fantasy, particularly when it's grounded in reality.

All empires fall eventually. It is the way of things.

Celia." he says without looking up at her, "why do we wind our watch?" "Because everything requires energy," she recites obediently, eyes still focused on her hand. "We must put effort and energy into anything we wish to change.

It's a wonderful sort of feeling when people want to spend more time in a world you created.

The sensation reminds him of the first snow of winter, for those first few hours when everything is blanketed in white, soft and quiet.