“I spend more time being confused than not,” I answered.”
“Tell me,” said Sumire, “have you ever felt confused aboutwhat you’re doing, like it’s not right?”“I spend more time being confused than not,” I answered.”
“I love you, Elizabeth... and more than that, I like you. I enjoy spending time with you.”
“Spending time being can be just as, if not more, fulfilling as spending time doing.”
“It's just like nurses in a hospital tend to know more than the doctors most of the time; if you really want to get the answers to a question about court, you should spend more time buttering up the clerks than the judges.”
“Because I was more often happy for other people, I got to spend more time being happy. And as I saw more light in everybody else, I seemed to have more myself. (250)”