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“And when, on the still cold nights, he pointed his nose at a star and howled long and wolflike, it was his ancestors, dead and dust, pointing nose at star and howling down through the centuries and through him.”

”More of this white stuff falling through the air. He shook himself, but more of it fell upon him. He sniffed it curiously, then licked some up on his tongue. It bit like fire, and the next instant was gone. This puzzled him. He tried it again, with the same result. The onlookers laughed uproariously, and he felt ashamed, he knew not why, for it was his first snow.”

”(…) for he was king - king over all creeping, crawling, flying things of Judge Miller’s place, humans included.”

”But just for a moment, Satsuki caught a glimpse of her mother’s smilie.”

”I've got to find Totoro. He must be where Mei said, in the laurel. I'm sure he knows where she is. I know we can't meet him whenever we want.
Totoro isn't in the woods just for us. But if I search with all my heart and beg him to help, I know he will. I don't know why I know. I just do.”

Ånaj

”The moon and the trees, the grass and the flowers sang amid the soft, cool breeze. But Satsuki and Mei weren't listening. They watched in a daze as the totoros flew away into the starry sky.”