Spending plenty of time on something can be the most sophisticated form of revenge.

People have their own reasons for dying. It might look simple, but it never is. It's just like a rock. What's above ground is only a small part of it. But if you start pulling, it keeps coming and coming. The human mind dwells deep in darkness. Only the person himself knows the real reason, and maybe not even then.

I am here, alone, at the end of the world. I reach out and touch nothing.”.

One last word of advice, though, Mr. Okada, though you may not want to hear this. There are things in this world it is better not to know about. Of course, those are the very things that people most want to know about. It's strange.

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

Unfortunately, the clock is ticking, the hours are going by. The past increases, the future recedes. Possibilities decreasing, regrets mounting.

Each person feels pain in his own way, each has his own scars.