“It was September. In the last days when things are getting sad for no reason.”
“The point is not that this world is too sad to love or too glad not to love; the point is that when you do love a thing, its gladness is a reason for loving it, and its sadness a reason for loving it more.”
“Gabrielle was insulted and didn't even bother to hide it. 'Oh, and I suppose you think your dad was alone when he free-climbed the Kyoto Banking Tower on a windy day last September.”
“But they never last, the golden days. And it can be sad, the sun in the afternoon, can't it? Yes, it can be sad, the afternoon sun, sad and frightening.”
“Love is a good thing on a bad day, when the last thing you want is to be cheered up.”
“The last thing we wanted was for the Machiguenga to be sad again. Sadness appeared to bring out their violence.”