There was surely nothing to indicate at the time that such evidently small incidents would render whole dreams forever irredeemable.
Kazuo IshiguroI cannot start a story or chapter without knowing how it ends. ... Of course, it rarely ends that way.
Kazuo IshiguroMemories, even your most precious ones, fade surprisingly quickly. But I donโt go along with that. The memories I value most, I donโt ever see them fading.
Kazuo IshiguroAfter all, when we were children, when things went wrong, there wasnโt much we could do to help put it right. But now weโre adults, now we can. Thatโs the thing, you see? Look at us, Akira. After all this time, we can finally put things right. Remember, old chap, how we used to play those games? Over and over? How we used to pretend we were detectives searching for my father? Now weโre grown, we can at last put things right.
Kazuo Ishiguro