“...the truth is always changing, always shaped by the latest collective urge to destroy.”

“But even when the moon looks like it's waning...it's actually never changing shape. Don't ever forget that.”

“The dreams we are chasing and the reality that is chasing us are always parallel; they never meet.”

“The truth is I always loved him. From the first time I saw him he was so great. But that time I was hurt. I might have been selfish but I was so hurt. I was afraid I would feel more pain. Now I remember every time I was with Shouji I felt better. You hugged me secretly with your heart, didn't you? Now I want you to embrace me with all that warmth, with all your strength.”

“I always thought that life was about standing your ground, no matter how strong the current was. But going with the flow isn't so bad after all. As long as it takes you forward.”

“To me, the ideological high wire is for fools to balance on with their illusions. It is better to leap into the void.Isn't that what we all want anyway?—to eliminate all pretense till like the oppressed who in the endidentifies with the oppressor, we accept the worst in ourselves and are set free.”

“...grief.If you eat too much of it, you want more, you can never get enough.”