Is it possible to become friends with a butterfly?

Living like an empty shell is not really living, no matter how many years it may go on. The heart and flesh of an empty shell give birth to nothing more than the life of an empty shell.

Tengo could hardly believe it-- that in this frantic, labyrinth-like world, two people's hearts-- a boy's and a girl's-- could be connected, unchanged, even though they hadn't seen each other for twenty years.

Please remember: things are not what they seem.

It's the real world, full of gaps and inconsistencies and anticlimaxes.

Life is so uncertain: you never know what could happen. One way to deal with that is to keep your pajamas washed.

Your work should be an act of love, not a marriage of convenience.