I am a flawed human being - a far more flawed human being than you realize.

The dead will always be dead, but we have to go on living.

What I want is for the two of us to meet somewhere by chance one day, like, passing on the street, or getting on the same bus.

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.

I could have been a cult writer if I'd kept writing surrealistic novels. But I wanted to break into the mainstream, so I had to prove that I could write a realistic book.

Dreams come from the past, not from the future. Dreams shouldn't control you--you should control them.

The ocean was one of the greatest things he had ever seen in his life—bigger and deeper than anything he had imagined. It changed its color and shape and expression according to time and place and weather. It aroused a deep sadness in his heart, and at the same time it brought his heart peace and comfort.