Fillet Sr.’s Reviews > Sputnik Sweetheart > Status Update

“That’s gotta be one of the principles behind reality. Accepting things that are hard to comprehend, and leaving them that way.”

“[…] When the orbits of these two satellites of ours happened to cross paths, we could be together. Maybe even open our hearts to each other. But that was only for the briefest moment. In the next instant we’d be in absolute solitude. Until we burned up and became nothing.”

“Somebody once said if it’s something a single book can explain, it’s not worth having explained.”

“But any number of times I’ve seen people who say they’re easily hurt hurt other people for no apparent reason. Self-styled honest and open people, without realizing what they’re doing, blithely use some self-serving excuse to get what they want.”

“I wish I could have met you when I was whole—that would have been wonderful. But it’s pointless to think about that now.”!?!?!

“Don’t worry.” Miu laughed. “The more we leave behind, the more people in the restaurant will be able to try it. The sommelier, the headwaiter, all the way down to the waiter who fills the water glasses. That way a lot of people will start to acquire a taste for good wine. Which is why leaving expensive wine is never a waste.”

“No matter what I’m asked to do, no matter what I’m ordered to do, all I can do is say yes, she realized.”

“Though I preferred the old, outrageous Sumire. To each his own.” OUTRAGEOUS?!?!

“This being said, Sumire’s writing had a remarkable freshness about it, an attempt to honestly portray what was important to her.”

“And what sort of experience can a writer have if she doesn’t feel passion? It’d be like a chef without an appetite.”