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Closing your eyes isn't going to change anything. Nothing's going to disappear just because you can't see what's going on. In fact, things will even b...more

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No, we weren't lovers, but in a way we had opened ourselves to each other even more deeply than lovers do. The thought caused me a good deal of grief....more

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I thought about Kizuki. "So you finally made Naoko yours," I heard myself telling him. Oh, well, she was yours to begin with. Now maybe, she's where s...more

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Everything seems pointless since you left

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I suddenly thought about my old girlfriend, the one I had first slept with in my third year of high school. Chills ran through me as I realized how ba...more

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Her cry was the saddest sound of orgasm that I had ever heard.

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Because sometimes I have a need for human warmth, I answered honestly. Sometimes, if I can't feel something like the warmth of a woman's skin, I get ...more

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No, it's not sick. I wish I could be the one to hold you, though, I said. So hold me. Now. Right here.

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Too many memories of her were crammed inside of me, and as soon as one of them found the slightest opening, the rest would force their way out in an e...more

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It's hard not being able to see you, but my life in Tokyo would be a lot worse if it weren't for you.

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But who can say what's best? That's why you need to grab whatever chance you have for happiness where you find it, and not worry too much about other ...more

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I'd swallow some whiskey and listen to the waves while I thought about Naoko. It was too strange to think that she was dead and no longer part of this...more

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Waiting for your answer is one of the most painful things I have ever been through. At least let me know whether or not I hurt you

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I love you," I said to her. "From the bottom of my heart. I don't ever want to let you go again. But there's nothing I can do. I can't make a move.""B...more

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I loved Midori. And I had probably known as much for a while. I had just been avoiding the conclusion for a very long time.