“These young men, in other words, represented a variety of types, but one thing they had in common was that they'd all given up on committing positively to anything in life. This was not their fault...”

“Oba-sans, to put it in somewhat difficult terms, are life-forms that have stopped evolving. And anyone can turn into an Oba-san. Young women, of course, but even young men, even middle-aged men eve...”

“...having nothing better to do, meandered off to a coffee shop and sat facing each other for a couple of hours, neither of them talking much but each coming to the general conclusion that the other...”

“Voice is not just the sound that comes from your throat, but the feelings that come from your words.”

“If I disagree with you sometimes, it's because I have a mind of my own.”

“Do the things you want to do; if you dont, the things which keep you alive inside you die and you turn into a ghost!”