I wanted to live anyway.
But it occurred to me that no power on Earth could save me.
Still, I wanted to live.
I wanted to become someone who could survive by borrowing some mysterious power from somewhere outside the Earth, in the middle of the universe.
I truly believed that if I could draw upon the power of the universe beyond Earth, I would be resurrected.
That's how I wanted to live.

---p.61

Looking back, I feel grateful to those who took charge of my heart.
No, I feel sorry.
I am someone who has often and for a long time lived as a burden to someone.
I am once again grateful and sorry.
People who are now forgotten in the memories of the past, whose names are vague.

---p.85

Humans are inherently learning beings.
No, learning itself is life and living.
I can't live without learning every single moment of the day.
Humans learn mainly from other humans, and those who are older than them are their teachers.
That's right.
The word teacher itself means someone who was born first.
That's really true.
A wise man is one who lives his life learning from those who came before him.
Parents, older siblings, neighbors, and school teachers will all become teachers.
An even wiser person would be one who learns not only from people, but also from books, nature, and the world.

---p.140

Was love really our salvation?
Was it a trap?
Love that was both salvation and a trap.
Among the people in this world, there probably aren't many who clearly know the true nature of love and love it.
Just that attraction.
Just that ambiguity.
Foggy area.
Because that must have been love.
(Omitted) Love is the true energy of life.
The country of last hope that cannot be abandoned until the end.
The first human relationship begins with love, and the last human relationship is completed with love.

---pp.180-181

Everyone is different.
It is a unique existence.
Therefore, I believe that people's dreams do not need to be the same, but should be unique and belong to that person.
I think that when you find that unique dream, you become a successful person.
True success is becoming who you want to be.
Also, I think life is about wandering around trying to find the person I want to be.

---p.193

“God, I am standing at the edge of a cliff.
Please don't push me.
If you push me just a little, I fall.
“God, please hold me with your fragrant, good, and powerful right arm.”
---p.231

It is impossible for a person to live even for a moment without hope for the future.
I also call it 'the star kept in my heart'.
A person who has a star in his heart never compares himself to others.
Don't treat others as your competition.
Rather, that person's object of comparison, his competitor, is myself.
The goal of that person's life is to become a better version of himself than he was yesterday.
Becoming a better version of myself than I was yesterday.
What a wonderful life goal! Then, he will become a person who changes and evolves every day.
You will become a person who shines on your own.

---p.238

The road is my teacher.
The road is my companion.
Companion.
That's life itself. Living each day means walking a path, whether it's an unfamiliar one or a familiar one.
The day the road disappears completely before me, my life will disappear too.
The fact that someone has a path tells us that his life is still in progress.
The road is love, hope, future, and excitement.
It is a matter of cherishing and loving the path given to us.

---p.249