Where I went in my travels, it's impossible for me to recall. I remember the sights and sounds and smells clearly enough, but the names of the towns are gone, as well as any sense of the order in which I traveled from place to place.

If you can love someone with your whole heart, even one person, then there's salvation in life. Even if you can't get together with that person.

The good thing about writing book is that you can dream while you are awake.

I'll never see them again. I know that. And they know that. And knowing this, we say farewell.

Each individual has their own unique color, which shines faintly around the contours of their body. Like a halo. Or a backlight. I'm able to see those colors clearly.

The ground we stand on looks solid enough, but if something happens it can drop right out from under you.

But I found that the longer you teach, the more you feel like a total stranger to yourself