The world is not beautiful: And that, in a way, lends it a sort of beauty.

Kino: It's pretty interesting, isn't it?Hermes: What is?Kino: The way that when someone expresses something, someone else always shows up to interpret it. Maybe the world is just a series of such events.

Whenever people see birds flying through the sky, it's said that they get the urge to go on a journey.