He thought it was a shame, but there was no point dwelling on things one couldn't control - Toshikazu Kawaguchi

Something I strongly believe is that we mustn't allow the death of a person to be the cause of unhappiness. The reason for that is simple: if we let everyone who dies be a cause for unhappiness, that would mean people are being born to be unhappy. But the opposite in fact is true. People are always born for the sake of happiness.

The woman in the dress was not a particularly fast reader. Despite it being the only thing she did, she would finish a book about once every two days.

Well, surviving alone is much the same as dying alone, don’t you think?