I miss the days when I was alone with my characters and no one else knew them except me.

...What does the blessing of heaven mean? We know the kirin is just an animal, not a mythical creature." It has become a symbol now.... That is the way human beings deal with the world.

It's what you do to yourself when you go mad with rage. You have no idea how much you can hurt yourself with your own strength.

How was it possible for the world to be so beautiful and so cruel at the same time?

I miss the days when I was alone with my characters and no one else knew them except me.

She entered a state where prayer and poetry became one and the everyday world seemed full of holiness and significance.

Don't you know the man whose life you spare will always hate you?