I want to find my way to where you are-you, the Kumiko who wants me to rescue her...I wanted to let you know that. I'm getting closer to where you are, and I intend to get closer still.

“I'm not so weird to me.”

“Knowledge and ability were tools, not things to show off.”

“People are drawn deeper into tragedy not by their defects but by their virtues.”

“Every time you see a flood like that on the news you tell yourself: That’s it. …”