A woman who acts like a fool is a fool.

We none of us find as much kindness in this world as we should.

If you aren't the woman I think you are, then this isn't the world I thought it was.

Was life nothing more than a storm that constantly washed away what had been there only a moment before, and left behind something barren and unrecognizable?

Friendship is a precious thing, Sayuri. One mustn't throw it away.

Grief is a most peculiar thing; we’re so helpless in the face of it. It’s like a window that will simply open of its own accord. The room grows cold, and we can do nothing but shiver. But it opens a little less each time, and a little less; and one day we wonder what has become of it.

Some people have difficulty telling the difference between something great and something they've simply heard of.