“It would be so nice to be wanted by someone with the courage to get his hat or stay as he damn pleased, and who gave her credit for the same. Someone who didn't worry about her.”

“She could see the name Fukamachi on a shiny name-plate by the door of the house, but it was a name that meant nothing to Kazuko. And at that moment, in her heart, she began to dream of meeting someone. Someone special who would one day walk into her life. Someone she would instantly feel she had known for years. Someone who would feel the same about her.”

“I wanted someone to love who would stay: stay and be there, always.”

“This is what it feels like to care about someone who doesn't feel the same. I'd only known how it felt to love someone who loved me just as fiercely. I'd never known rejection. I'd never wanted someone who didn't want me. The longing didn't go away with rejection.”

“Marnie hated to see her spend so much of herself on someone who didn't care.”

“Do you think someone someone who'd sacrifice himself so easily, is worth as the same as the life someone so precious?In other words, you consider her an absolute fool who would try to protect a worthless trash as yourself.”