“It is not in my nature to be interested in the living.But there are many things, I have found, that defy nature.”

“Dad says there are more than three thousand letters in the Japanese alphabet, which could pose a problem. There are only twenty-six letters in the English alphabet, and I get into enough trouble wi...”

“Dinner that night is a feast of flavor. To celebrate the successful exorcism, Kagura has cooked several more dishes than the shrine's usual, simple fare- fragrant onigiri, balls of rice soaked in g...”

“Even then I found the word fitting, soothing.Fireflies.Fire flies.Fire, fly.”

“There are so many other fun ways to dishonor the family name that buying girls underwear shouldnt be one of them.”

“There are so many other fun ways to dishonor the family name that buying girls’ underwear shouldn’t be one of them.”

“Nothing forces us to knowWhat we do not want to knowExcept pain”

“Doesn't it seem that it is always by chance that these things happen, or is it because of the generosity of a shared knowledge of suffering that allows for it?”

“Wisdom is not making life any harder than it has to be.”