Quotes
Kyoko
[after the rest of the family had left]
I think they should have stayed a bit longer.
Noriko
But they're busy.
Kyoko
They're selfish. Demanding things and leaving like this.
Noriko
They have their own affairs.
Kyoko
But you have yours too. They're selfish.
Noriko
But Kyoko...
Kyoko
Wanting her clothes right after her death. I felt so sorry for poor mother. Even strangers would have been more considerate!
Noriko
But look Kyoko. At your age I thought so too. But children do drift away from their parents. A woman has her own life, apart from her parents, when she becomes Shige's age. She meant no harm I'm sure. They have to look after their own lives.
Kyoko
I wonder: I won't ever be like that. Then what's the point of family?
Noriko
But children become like that, gradually.
Kyoko
Then... you, too?
Noriko
I may become like that in spite of myself.
Kyoko
Isn't life disappointing?
Noriko
Yes, it is.

























