Because all those people around you and Miss Satoko are moving slowly but inexorably toward a dénouement. You don’t think the two of you can hover forever in mid-air like two dragonflies making love?

“Anything can become excusable when seen from the standpoint of the result”

“Someone, somewhere, had tied up the darkness, he thought as he went: the bag of…”

“Kiyo, what would you do if all of a sudden I weren't here any more?' Satoko ask…”

“Human life is limited but I would like to live forever.”