“You’d think a bit of kissing would cheer her up.”
“It's a little bit like what Akari said to his grandmother in Shikoku, during her final illness: 'Please cheer up and die!”
“Horseshit,” Shame said cheerfully. “He can dispossess you and die. Pretty easy, really. Most people die the right way the first time. You’d think a genius like him wouldn’t screw it up so badly.”
“You’d kiss me back right now if I kissed you,” he said, and I tried to decide whether to even attempt denial. “But then you’d remember him and you’d feel bad for it.”
“None. I think we should send a country some cupcakes. You think some cupcakes would cheer up North Korea? Kill 'em with deliciousness.”
“you’d think that silence would be peaceful. but really, it’s painful.”