Sometimes movies really are the best medicine.

Any weapon touched by a woman, even by accident, must be cleansed with both water and prayer so that her essence would not linger, diverting the warrior who might use it next, for even the faintest touch could bring lust to that man's heart. Perhaps that meant a woman who was well trained in arms would be the superior warrior, her attention never wavering from her task.

He fell in love with the way she closed her eyes, long before he fell in love with her.

Still, she knows one thing for certain: never judge a relationship unless you are the one wrapped up in its arms.

Do you ever just put your arms out and just spin and spin and spin? Well, that's what love is like; everything inside of you tells you to stop before you fall, but for some reason you just keep going.

At midnight the wind in the tress can sound like the ocean. The moonlight can make a road appear as endless as the sea.

You don't fight for peace sister,' Nahara told me, 'You embrace it.