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“And when something awful happens, the goodness stands out even more ...”
“I love feeling the rhythm of other people's lives. It's like traveling.”
“When things get really bad, you take comfort in the placeness of a place.”
“I was kind of tired, I guess, of knowing people are flesh. Flesh and water.”
“Just being with Nakajima made me feel as if we were detached from history, and had no particular age.”
“A particular variety of loneliness, like peering deep into the darkness. It's only natural, when two separate universes touch.”
“But I have my life, Im living it. Its twisted, exhausting, uncertain, and full of guilt, but nonetheless, theres something there.”
“...there's nothing wrong with being a little hopeful. Who says you can't warm your frozen limbs in the faint heat of a flicker of hope?”
“Everything in life has some good in it. And when something awful happens, the goodness stands out even more--it's sad, but that's the truth.”
“Nakajimas past would always be there, so the foundation could crumble at any moment. Thats what happens, I realized, when people destroy other people.”
“I felt sure of this. However much I loved him, and as beautiful as the world was, none of it was powerful enough to take the weight off his heart, that heaviness that dragged him down, into the bey...”
“My fury was lofty, pure, cool. It was an emotion that none of these people, struggling so hard to impose a shape on life when life has no shape, could begin to understand.”
“Why were we so far apart, even when we were together? It was a nice loneliness, like the sensation of washing your face in cold water.”
“There was a real sense of comfort but at the same time it felt oddly tense. The feeling that every little things we said, these conversations, at any moment, they could stop being possible, and so ...”
“I was frightened of so many things, in my vanity, that ultimately i couldn't protect myself any other way. Try not to be like that, okay? Be sure to keep your tummy warm, try to relax, both your he...”
“I didn't care whether I had gotten dressed, or what state my hair was in or anything it didn't matter. I felt close to him, and I'd come to regard him as just another part of the scenery.”
“Nakajima's presence didn't put any pressure on me, either. Quite the opposite: there was a warmth in the core of my chest when he was around.”
“It occurred to me that if I were a ghost, this ambiance was what I'd miss most: the ordinary, day-to-day bustle of the living. Ghosts long, I'm sure, for the stupidest, most unremarkable things.”
“When someone tells you something big, it's like you're taking money from them, and there's no way it will ever go back to being the way it was. You have to take responsibility for listening.”
