I was dying. Like all the other people who live in this world.

“I wrote a huge number of letters that spring: one a week to Naoko, several to R…”

“Those were strange days, now that I look back at them. In the midst of life, ev…”

“Someone who can search for something is happy. Searching gives a meaning to lif…”

“Something inside me had dropped away, and nothing came in to fill the cavern.”