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 wondered if she was trying to convey something to me, something she could not put into words - something prior to words that she could not grasp within herself and which therefore had no hope of ever turning into words.

If I'm going to merely ramble, maybe I should just snuggle under the warm covers, think of Miu, and play with myself.

When the fire goes out, you'll start feeling the cold. You'll wake up whether you want to or not.

If we reverse the outer shell and the essence--in other words, consider the outer shell the essence and the essence only the shell--our lives might be a whole lot easier to understand.

I go by the gut. I might not appear to have any talent but I've got plenty of gut instinct.

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.