She was truly a beautiful girl. I could feel a small polished stone sinking through the darkest waters of my heart. All those deep convoluted channels and passageways, and yet she managed to toss her pebble right down to the bottom of it all.

Was the earth put here just to nourish human loneliness?

I just feel pain. A lot of pain. I thought I could imagine how much this would hurt but I was wrong.

I have been told I've got a darkish personality. A few times." Takahashi swings his trombone case from his right shoulder to his left. Then he says, "It's not as if our lives are divided simply into light and dark. There's shadowy middle ground. Recognizing and understanding the shadows is what a healthy intelligence does. And to acquire a healthy intelligence takes a certain amount of time and effort. I don't think you have a particularly dark character.

I’m just kinda tired. Like a monkey in the rain.

I learned that realism can come in all shapes and sizes. The world is big enough for different values to coexist.

No one could say how long that life would last. Whatever has form can disappear in an instant.