It's like a kid standing at the window watching the rain.

I don't really know if it's the right thing to do, making new life. Kids grow up, generations take their place. What does it all come to? More hills bulldozed and more ocean fronts filled in? Faster cars and more cats run over? Who needs it?

I want you always to remember me. Will you remember that I existed, and that I stood next to you here like this?

You know what I should do?" Hoshino asked excited. "Of course," the cat said. "What'd I tell you? Cats know everything. Not like dogs.

Everything. Things you lost. Things you’re gonna lose. Everything. Here’s where it all ties together.

Whatever it is you're seeking won't come in the form you're expecting.

This is what it means to live on. When granted hope, a person uses it as fuel, as a guidepost to life. It is impossible to live without hope.