Whenever I write a novel, music just sort of naturally slips in (much like cats do, I suppose).

Friends don't need the intervention of a third party. Friendship's a voluntary thing.

Reality was utterly coolheaded and utterly lonely.

Not that we were incompatible: we just had nothing to talk about.

Fairness is a concept that holds only in limited situations. Yet we want the concept to extend to everything, in and out of phase. From snails to hardware stores to married life. Maybe no one finds it, or even misses it, but fairness is like love. What is given has nothing to do with what we seek.

As I see it, you are living with something that you keep hidden deep inside. Something heavy. I felt it from the first time I met you. You have a strong gaze, as if you have made up your mind about something. To tell you the truth, I myself carry such things around inside. Heavy things. That is how I can see it in you.

Be fearless, be brave, be bold, love yourself