"Wasn't it better if they kept this desire to see each other hidden within them, and never actually got together? That way, there would always be hope in their hearts. That hope would be a small, yet vital flame that warmed them to their core-- a tiny flame to cup one's hands around and protect from the wind, a flame that the violent winds of reality might easily extinguish."
"If you can love someone with your whole heart, even one person, then there's salvation in life. Even if you can't get together with that person."
"But hell, you've gotta work with what you've got."
"A person learns how to love himself through the simple acts of loving and being loved by someone else."
"If you can love someone with your whole heart, even one person, then there's salvation in life. Even if you can't get together with that person."
"I've been lonely for so long. And I've been hurt so deeply. If only I could have met you again a long time ago, then I wouldn't have had to take all these detours to get here.'Tengo shook his head. 'I don't think so. This way is just fine. This is exactly the right time. For both of us. [...] We needed that much time.... to understand how lonely we really were."