Whiskey, like a beautiful woman, demands appreciation. You gaze first, then it's time to drink.

It was as if I were writing letters to hold together the pieces of my crumbling life.

Painful is the stress when one cannot reproduce or convey vividly to others, however hard he tries, what he's experienced so intensely.

Now and then may not be enough…You have to enjoy it while you’re still young. enjoy it to the fullest. You can use the memories of what you did to warm your body after you get old and can’t do it anymore.

We all die and disappear, but that's because the mechanism of the world itself is built on destruction and loss.

With the advent of winter, her eyes seemed to take on a greater transparency, a transparency that lead nowhere. Occassionally, for no particular reason, Naoko would gaze into my eyes as if searching for something. Each time I was filled with odd sensations of lonliness and inadequecy.

Cell phones are so convenient that they're an inconvenience.