Phone calls in the dead of the night never brought good news.

“You don’t get it, do you?" I said. “It’s not a question of ‘what then’. Some pe…”

“In this world, there are things you can only do alone, and things you can only …”

“I guess I felt attached to my weakness. My pain and suffering too. Summer light…”

“When Reiko left, I stretched out on the sofa and closed my eyes. I lay there st…”