“It is a matter of perspective, between opponent and partner… You step to the side and the same person can be either or both or something else entirely.”

“It is a matter of perspective, the difference between opponent and partner," Tsukiko says. "You step to the side and the same person can be either or both or something else entirely. It is difficult to know which face is true.”

“life is either a reproducible, almost commonplace manifestation of matter, given certain conditions, or a miracle. Too many steps are involved to allow for something in between.”

“Whether a dandelion is a weed or a flower is entirely a matter of perspective.”

“It's not that the grass is greener on the other side, it's that you can never be on both sides of the lawn at the same time.”

“I hadn't known that a light could be a feeling and a sound could be a color and a kiss could be both a question and an answer. And that heaven could be the ocean or a person or this moment or something else entirely.”