she was beautiful and seemingly quite intelligent, what with her pentameter search system. There wasn't a reason in the world not to find her appealing.

What makes us the most normal," said Reiko, "is knowing that we're not normal.

The sky grew darker, painted blue on blue, one stroke at a time, into deeper and deeper shades of night.

Learning another language is like becoming another person.

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.

This may be the most important proposition revealed by history: At the time, no one knew what was coming.

Love and used Subarus were two different things. Weren't they?