Being with her I feel a pain, like a frozen knife stuck in my chest. An awful pain, but the funny thing is I'm thankful for it. It's like that frozen pain and my very existence are one.
The pain is an anchor, mooring me here.

I think you still love me, but we can’t escape the fact that I’m not enough for you. I knew this was going to happen. So I’m not blaming you for falling in love with another woman. I’m not angry, either. I should be, but I’m not. I just feel pain. A lot of pain. I thought I could imagine how much this would hurt, but I was wrong.

I can bear any pain as long as it has meaning.

But you know Hajime, some feelings cause us pain because they remain.

A person learns how to love himself through the simple acts of loving and being loved by someone else.

What a wonderful thing it is to find and be found by your 100% perfect other. It's a miracle, a cosmic miracle.