“If you can't stop feeling guilty about Nana support Nana's dreams and wish her success.”

“Doesn't surprise me," Nana snorted. "I wouldn't put anything past your late husband.""He's not dead, Nana."Nana sighed. "Hope springs eternal.”

“Nana Oosaki, about Shin: I wonder if he's really eighteen. He looks sixteen. I'm sure he lied about his age...Nana Komatsu: See! You were complaining but you still read the application!Shin: The studio's free! Great! <3Nana Komatsu, thinking: So cute!Nana Oosaki: I hope he's not in primary school...children today are advanced.”

“Ermaline has entered the room noiselessly and is whispering to Nana. When she leaves, Nana and Papa start talking about friends of Mom's who are in the middle of a scandalous divorce. Mom and Dad keep glancing at Adam, and Nana keeps asking Mom and Dad questions, pulling their attention back to the conversation. I have seen this before. It's Nana's highly effective and very annoying way of not mentioning the elephant in the living room. But why does she have to think of Adam as an elephant? Why can't he just be their son?~pgs 40-42; Hattie on adults”

“Do you remember the time we met?The wind blew the snow about on the outside, the train moved, stopped, and then moved some more.It took us five hours to reach Tokyo, but I wasn't bored one bit.I didn't really get to hear so much about Nana.But I knew I would have loved...To hear what Nana had to say about herself.- Nana Komatsu”

“Nana acts like a stray cat, wild, free, and proud.......But inside her heart, she houses a wound.Dense as I am, i thought that.This trait of hers was a part of her charm as well...but she never realized how much pain it brought her....-Nana Komatsu”