You know what I should do?" Hoshino asked excited. "Of course," the cat said. "What'd I tell you? Cats know everything. Not like dogs.

I wonder what ants do on rainy days?

You’re optimistic one moment, only to be racked the next by the certainty that it will all fall to pieces. And in the end it does.

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.

Time passes slowly. Nobody says a word, everyone lost in quiet reading. One person sits at a desk jotting down notes, but the rest are sitting there silently, not moving, totally absorbed. Just like me.

No matter what form the relationship might take, he was the only person she could picture sharing her life with.

You can keep as quiet as you like, but one of these days somebody is going to find you.