When you come out of the storm, you won’t be the same person who walked in. That’s what this storm’s all about.

There's an essential order you have to follow in everything. It's a way of showing respect, following everything in the correct order.

I'm not a fast thinker, but once I am interested in something, I am doing it for many years.

There’s nothing wrong with not looking like something. It just means you don’t fit the stereotype yet.

No matter how honestly you open up to someone, there are still things you cannot reveal.

Who can really distinguish between the sea and what's reflected in it? Or tell the difference between the falling rain and loneliness?

It is very simple, actually. It is because you and Tengo were so powerfully drawn to each other.