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The dead cannot call out to us. All they can do is wait for us to call to them. Except for the dead whose names are unknown. Uncalled by anyone, they sink ever deeper into solitude.
It’s unbearable to have your identity summed up by one thing and one thing only and for other people to have control over what that is.”
true pessimists are full of cheer! That’s my personal motto. Our expectations are always low, so when something just a little bit nice happens, we’re on cloud nine.”
“Even if it’s not interesting for me, I want to know what sort of things you’re into.”
“He’s a damn human being. Everyone has something they’re not showing, you know.”
There is a certain kind of loneliness that can only be soothed by finding yourself within the tale of another’s trauma.”
I wonder if there’s a life out there that someone is about to part with that I might be able to lead better . . . If I were to hand off my life to someone right now, would he be able to lead the remainder of my life better than me? Just as Hara seems to have realized a more beautiful future than Daisuké probably ever would have . . .
