I placed the highest priority on the sort of life that lets me focus on writing, not associating with all the people around me.

“I realize now that the reality of things is not something you convey to people …”

“Once she called to invite me to a concert of Liszt piano concertos. The soloist…”

“That’s all I think about these days. Must be because I have so much time to kil…”

“All's well that ends well.''Assuming there's an end somewhere,' Aomame said.Tam…”