The most important thing we learn at school is the fact that the most important things can't be learned at school.

What makes us the most normal," said Reiko, "is knowing that we're not normal.

Sometimes when I'm with you, I remember things I lost when I was your age. Like I remember the sound of the rain and the smell of the wind.

The problem was, I think, that the places I fit in were always falling behind the rimes.

Someone once said that nothing costs more and yields less benefit than revenge,” Aomame said. “Winston Churchill. As I recall it, though, he was making excuses for the British Empire’s budget deficits. It has no moral significance.

We never choose anything at all. Things happen. Or not.

The answer is dreams. Dreaming on and on. Entering the world of dreams and never coming out. Living in dreams for the rest of time.