We were always sincere with each other. Even when we were joking around, we were sincere.

When I was done, she said earnestly, “Everyone causes trouble for someone at some point in their lives.

My wife was a difficult person, but I wasn’t so different. I used to think that we complemented each other—like the saying goes: Even a cracked pot has a lid that fits.

I had screwed up. Grown-ups didn’t go around blurting out troublesome things to people. You couldn’t just blithely disclose something that would then make it impossible to greet them with a smile the next day.

I was able to cry when I realized that Sensei had already gone away somewhere, before I ever came to know him well.

Cuando tienes un gran amor, debes cuidarlo como si fuera una planta. Debes abonarlo y protegerlo de la nieve. Es muy importante tratarlo con esmero. Si el amor es pequeño, deja que se marchite hasta que muera.

Del mismo modo que una pequeña ola puede desencadenar un tsunami en la otra punta del océano, una tontería puede provocar una discusión en el momento más inesperado.