Open your eyes, train your ears, use your head. If a mind you have, then use it while you can.

The little things are important, Mr. Wind-Up Bird.

Strange and mysterious things, though, aren't they - earthquakes? We take it for granted that the earth beneath our feet is solid and stationary. We even talk about people being 'down to earth' or having their feet firmly planted on the ground. But suddenly one day we see that it isn't true. The earth, the boulders, that are supposed to be solid, all of a sudden turn as mushy as liquid - From the short story "Thailand

She's kind of funny looking. Her face is out of balance--broad forehead, button nose, freckled cheeks, and pointy ears. A slammed-together, rough sort of face you can't ignore. Still, the whole package isn't so bad. For all I know maybe she's not so wild about her own looks, but she seems comfortable with who she is, and that's the important thing.

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

[...] Shimamoto had her own little world within her. A world that was for her alone, one I could not enter.

When I start to write, I don't have any plan at all. I just wait for the story to come.