He followed his daily routine, and she followed hers. But without her there, Tengo noticed a human-shaped void she had left behind.

“Where I'm living is not a storybook world. It's the real world, full of gaps an…”

“There was something odd for him about not feeling lonely. The very fact that he…”

“O amor é isso mesmo meu caro Kafka. Tu é que andas sempre nas nuvens e experime…”

“I’ve never once thought about how I was going to die,” she said. “I can’t think…”