Sometimes, however, this sense of isolation, like acid spilling out of a bottle, can unconsciously eat away at a person’s heart and dissolve it.

Not everything was lost in the flow of time

Fate seems to be taking me in some even stranger directions.

Wasn't he the one who said you shouldn't trust anybody who calls himself an ordinar man? - Naoko

Become like a sheet of blotting paper and soak it all in. Later on you can figure out what to keep and what to unload.

It's easy to forget things you don't need anymore.

He sometimes wondered if she had become involved with him just so that she could cry in someone's arms. Maybe she can't cry alone, and that's why she needs me.