Most near-future fictions are boring. It's always dark and always raining, and people are so unhappy.

When it's raining like this," said Naoko, "it feels as if we're the only ones in the world. I wish it would just keep raining so the three of us could stay together.

It's a terrible thing when a person dies, whatever the circumstances. A hole opens up in the world, and we need to pay the proper respects. If we don't, the hole will never be filled in again.

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

The sad truth is that certain types of things can't go backward. Once they start going forward, no matter what you do, they can't go back the way they were. If even one little thing goes awry, then that's how it will stay forever.

Spending plenty of time on something can be the most sophisticated form of revenge.

He does not exist here, with me, but flesh that does not exist will never die, and promises unmade are never broken.