Everything in life has some good in it. And when something awful happens, the goodness stands out even more--it's sad, but that's the truth.

I love feeling the rhythm of other people's lives. It's like traveling.

But I have my life, I’m living it. It’s twisted, exhausting, uncertain, and full of guilt, but nonetheless, there’s something there.

When things get really bad, you take comfort in the placeness of a place.

It occurred to me that if I were a ghost, this ambiance was what I'd miss most: the ordinary, day-to-day bustle of the living. Ghosts long, I'm sure, for the stupidest, most unremarkable things.

When someone tells you something big, it's like you're taking money from them, and there's no way it will ever go back to being the way it was. You have to take responsibility for listening.

Why were we so far apart, even when we were together? It was a nice loneliness, like the sensation of washing your face in cold water.

...there's nothing wrong with being a little hopeful. Who says you can't warm your frozen limbs in the faint heat of a flicker of hope?

Nakajima’s past would always be there, so the foundation could crumble at any moment. That’s what happens, I realized, when people destroy other people.

Just being with Nakajima made me feel as if we were detached from history, and had no particular age.

And when something awful happens, the goodness stands out even more ...

POLITICS, n. A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage.

I grew up cursing a lot. It felt natural. My parents told me to stop.

It would take less than a second for you to die. But that's quite long enough to be in mortal agony, don't you think?

The envious pine at others' success; no greater punishment than envy was devised by Sicilian tyrants.

Life is weather. Life is meals.

The first lesson of history is that evil is good.

When I was 22, I thought I couldn't wear heels because of my height.

No one ever won a game by resigning.

Perfume is a form of writing, an ink, a choice made in the first person, the dot on the i, a weapon, a courteous gesture, part of the instant, a consequence.

How would you like to find out how good my right is?