Fill in "gegika" with your own passion:
"In his youth, Katsumi had poured all his passion into the specter that was gegika. In restrospect, he was happy then." (narrator)
"I've drifted along, demanding an endless dream from gegika. And I...probably...always will..." (Katsumi)
To me, this last quote is one that reveals a stark truth.
"Time swallows up everyone, without distinction between the genius and the ordinary."
"Boss, you're putting the cart before the horse!"
This is how i like 'em....gloriously long so as to savor.