“Something about the way Nanako talked reminded Aoi of women her mother's age. Women who took no interest in most of what went on in the world and, within the one tiny little slice of the world they did care… — Mitsuyo Kakuta Copy Share Image
“She'd encountered people like this before, in college as well as earlier, going all the way back to when she was a little girl—and,… — Mitsuyo Kakuta Copy Share Image
“But to me, it's a whole lot more important to find something that makes you unafraid of being alone, rather than to have so… — Mitsuyo Kakuta Copy Share Image
“Something about the way Nanako talked reminded Aoi of women her mother's age. Women who took no interest in most of what went on… — Mitsuyo Kakuta Copy Share Image
“There's that, too, but more than that, what people are saying about me right now, it's not really about me, it's about them. It's… — Mitsuyo Kakuta Copy Share Image
“Every country's different. All that happy talk you hear about understanding one another and people everywhere being basically the same, it's all a bunch… — Mitsuyo Kakuta Copy Share Image
“But Aoi found it impossible to fully open herself up to any of her new friends. She could laugh with them, rant with them,… — Mitsuyo Kakuta Copy Share Image
“She was afraid of getting too close to anyone. To her, closeness represented a loss rather than a gain.” — Mitsuyo Kakuta Copy Share Image
