1. "I could not help thinking that his heart, like a piece of iron, had gone rusty from disuse" (Soseki 178)
2. "But sometimes I would notice a shadow cross his face. True, like the shadow of a bird outside the window, it would quickly disappear" (Soseki 12)
3. "Money, of course. Give a gentleman money, and he will soon turn into a rogue." (Soseki 132)
4. “You see, loneliness is the price we have to pay for being born in this modern age, so full of freedom, independence, and our own egotistical selves.” (Soseki 24)
5. “At last, I was able to read Sensei’s letters from beginning to end.” (Soseki 183)
6. "In short, Sensei still remained for me a figure half-hidden in the shadows." (Soseki 120)
7. "The sea stretched wide and blue all around us… the bright sun shone on the water and the mountains, as far as the eye could see" (Soseki 6)
8. "There was but one light shining, and that came from Sensei's house" (Soseki 71)
9. "It was simply that I was lonely" (Soseki 69)
10. "I gazed happily at the badly arranged flowers and listened to the strange music" (Soseki 149)
