“Hajime," she began, "the sad truth is that some things can't go backwards. Once they start going forward, no matter what you do, they can't go back to the way they were. If one little thing goes awry, then that's how it will stay forever.”
“The sad truth is that certain types of things can't go backward. Once they start going forward, no matter what you do, they can't go back the way they were. If even one little thing goes awry, then that's how it will stay forever.”
“You can't go forward if you're looking backward. You run into walls that way.”
“I thought that this must be what purgatory was like. Can't go forward. Can't go back. Awaiting some official judgment.”
“You can't go back to how things were. How you thought they were. All you really have is...now.”
“You can't go back to how things were. How you thought they were. All you really have... is now”