Shiokari Pass

by Ayako Miura

'What does it matter if it's hard for the moment? Time will show that this was the right thing to do. Since God is a living God, He will surely care for Nobuo too.'

'It's sincerity. A sincere heart shines out of your words and passes on to others through your face,'

'A samurai should never show his feeling even when he is suffering.' A man should never admit that he was hungry or lonely or that life was hard.

As to why they die, no matter how hard people think about it, nobody knows the answer. All I know is that some day I'll die, and some day you'll die too.'

'Nobuo, there are times when people change more than they ever imagined they could.'

'People are frightening things. There are situations and times when I'm very kind, but at other times I'm so ill-natured I hate myself.'

'Can it be that sin is developing right in the depth of my heart, where no one knows about it?'