“There is no tragedy, only the unavoidable. Everything has its reason for being: you only need to distinguish what is temporary from what is lasting.”
“At long last, you may no longer distinguish what binds you from what is you.”
“...you put everything into your first love, because you really believe it's going to last forever. That is its triumph and its tragedy, the reason you will never forget it, and the reason it is so difficult to let go.”
“You know, Junpei, everything in the world has its reasons for doing what it does.”
“What does reason know? Reason only knows what it has succeeded in learning...”
“But all fairytales have rules, and perhaps it’s their rules that actually distinguish one fairytale from the other. These rules never need to be understood. They only need to be followed. If not, what they promise won’t come true.”