People are drawn deeper into tragedy not by their defects but by their virtues.

Each of us possesses a tangible living soul. The system has no such thing. We must not allow the system to exploit us.

Everybody has some one thing they do not want to lose," began the man. "You included. And we are professionals at finding out that very thing. Humans by necessity must have a midway point between their desires and their pride. Just as all objects must have a center of gravity. This is something we can pinpoint. Only when it is gone do people realize it even existed.

And everywhere, infinite options, infinite possibilities. An infinity, and at the same time, zero. We try to scoop it all up in our hands, and what we get is a handful of zero. That's the city

The body is not the only target of rape. Violence does not always take a visible form, and not all wounds gush blood.

I try not to think about anything special while running. As a matter of fact, I usually run with my mind empty. However, when I run empty-minded, something naturally and abruptly crawls in sometime. That might become an idea that can help me with my writing.

Sometimes it's not the people who change, it's the mask that falls off.