So once you're dead there's just nothing? Mari: Basically... Korogi: I get so scared when I start thinking about this stuff. I can hardly breathe, and my whole body wants to shrink into a corner. It's so much easier to just believe in reincarnation.

Everything. Things you lost. Things you’re gonna lose. Everything. Here’s where it all ties together.

Of what value is a civilization that can't toast a piece of bread as ordered?

The strength I'm looking for isn't the type where you win or lose. I'm not after a wall that'll repel power coming from outside. What I want us the kind of strength to be able to absorb that kind of power, to stand up to it.The strength to quietly endure things - unfairness, misfortunes, sadness, mistakes, misunderstandings.

What the world needs is a set villain that people can point at and say, “It’s all your fault!

Life is a lot more fragile than we think. So you should treat others in a way that leaves no regrets. Fairly, and if possible, sincerely.

Each of us possesses a tangible living soul. The system has no such thing. We must not allow the system to exploit us.