#Loneliness

“Even if it is shameless and vulgar, somewhere I seek some sort of connection with people.”

“All this time, I seriously thought that it's better to die than to live your life alone.”

“Misfortune… that is my symbol. Unluckiness… that is my identity. I am a woman who looks best dressed in solitude and misfortune. That is who I am.”

“They'll use you as much as they want; then once they're done with you, they'll all disappear.”

“It’s like an automated vending machine for canned juice. You’ll get what you want so long as you have the money, but… You get nothing in return without it. You can’t buy your way into the hearts of others.”

“Being alone and being lonely are two different things.”

“If I show people how weak I am, they won't need me anymore.”

“That’s right. Worried about being discovered, living in fear. It’s a painful thing.”

“I’m just trying to live my life, but it seems as if sadness always piles itself up around me. It’s in my bed, the toothbrush in my bathroom, and the memory of my cellphone. Over the past few years, I’ve wanted to move on, I’ve wanted to take hold of something I couldn’t reach. What that is, I have no idea. Not knowing where such obsessive thoughts were coming from, I simply drowned myself in my work. Then one day I realized that my heart was withering, and in it there was nothing but pain. And that my beliefs, that I once held so passionately, had completely disappeared.”

“You don't need to make a hundred friends. Just make real friends that you care about a hundred times as much. Even if you only have one, so long as they’re a friend you really care about.”

“I'm not very good at sensing people's boundaries. Without knowing how far is too far, I gradually get closer and closer. It's terrifying. Being unable to sense that is terrifying.”

“They say time and a people’s heart are inversely proportional. The more it passes, the more they grow apart. It seems there are some rare exceptions though.”

“If a person could so ideally control their feelings... how carefree would life be?”

“I don’t want to change. I want to change. We all hold in our hearts conflicting feelings, each back to back. And so, we live our days.”

“There are those people who are born aloof and prefer to stay away from groups. In such a case, others should just leave those people alone. It's not a matter of sympathy.”

“You're always above everyone else. But you make decisions and move forward by yourself, and no one can keep up with you. Even the much-loved sun is alone if no one can reach it.”