“The world's full of groundless ill will. I'll never understand it, you'll never understand it, but it exists all the same.”

“Life: I'll never understand it.”

“If everybody went around understanding each other without asking questions or speaking their mind, they'd never get anywhere.”

“There are lots of things we never understand, no matter how many years we put on, no matter how much experience we accumulate.”

“At my core, there is nothing. Neither is it parched wastelands. At my core, there is love. I'll go on loving that ten-year-old boy named Tengo forever --- his strength, his intelligence, his kindness. He does not exist here, with me, but flesh that does not exist will never die, and promises unmade are never broken.”

“And now I'm really, really, really tired and I want to fall asleep listening to someone tell me how much they like me and how pretty I am and stuff. That's all I want. And when I wake up, I'll be full of energy and I'll never make these kinds of selfish demands again. I swear. I'll be a good girl.”

“He does not exist here, with me, but flesh that does not exist will never die, and promises unmade are never broken.”