“It's not the heart that decides, or still less the brain, but rather it's the voice in the throat that goes ahead into all these risks.”
“After all, it's rather difficult to achieve the exact minimum, and it involves risks.”
“You have to admit, it's kind of impressive.... Total commitment. You know, the idea of discovering something that, for all intents and purposes, goes against your abilities, and yet still deciding to do it anyway. That takes guts, you know?”
“If it's still in your mind, it is worth taking the risk”
“All this talking, this rather liquid confessing, was something I didn't think I could ever bring myself to do. It seemed foolhardy to me, like an uncooked egg deciding to to come out of its shell: there would be a risk of spreading out too far, turning into a formless puddle.”
“In the stillness, a fly would not have dared clear it's throat.”