「砲声や銃声がひびきわたることもしじゅうだたがテラスにいっぱいの客たちはカニかハトか議論かにふけるばかりで誰一人として顔をあげるものもなかった。」 （飽満の種子　by 開高健） “Bombs and gunfire frequently roared in that area but on that terrace filled with customers, everyone was preoccupied with crabs or pigeons or debates and nobody even looked up.” (Seeds of satiety by Kaikou Takashi)

「祖母は次第に冷たく、硬くなっていく。その横で、私は一晩中ドーナツを食べ続けた。」 （食堂かたつむり by 小川糸） “My grandmother gradually became colder and stiffer. And I kept on eating the donuts by her side throughout the night.” (Snail Cafeteria by Ogawa Ito)

なんかげつかごに　イルカはてんごくへととびたちました 青色のイルカは　子どもと泳いだ夢を見ながら てんごくを泳いでいます （空が青いから白をえらんだのです　奈良少年刑務所詩集　edited by 寮　美千子:　青いイルカの物語より抜粋） several months later the dolphin flew away to heaven and the blue dolphin is swimming in heaven as it dreams about how it swam with the kid (White was chosen because the sky is blue/Poetry from Nara Juvenile Detention Center edited by Ryo Michiko: Excerpt from The Story of …

「白昼の意識は、しばしば夢の論理以上に、独断と偏見にみちている。」（笑う月　by 安倍公房） “Our minds during daytime are — often more than theories of dreams — ego-centric and biased.” (Laughing moon by Abe Kobo) I think Nimbus’ butt is finally cracking.