“Nature is actually unnatural”

“Sometimes taking time is actually a shortcut.”

“Silence, I discover, is something you can actually hear.”

“It is very simple, actually. It is because you and Tengo were so powerfully drawn to each other.”

“Having an object that symbolizes freedom might make a person happier than actually getting the freedom it represents.”

“When you fall in love, the natural thing to do is give yourself to it.”

“For it is just as sinful from the standpoint of nature and of truth to be above oneself as to be below oneself.”