I felt how important the simplest things were, like feeling proud, finding something funny, stretching yourself, retreating into yourself.

People who are going to get along really well know it almost as soon as they meet. You spend a little while talking and everyone starts to feel this conviction, you're all equally sure that you're at the beginning of something good. That's how it is when you meet people you're going to be with for a long time.

The sky was incredibly far away, and beautiful enough to make a person wonder why our hearts are never so free.

Good tea is eloquent enough, it turns out, to change a person's mind.

The ritual of our daily lives permeate our very bodies.

You know, Chihiro, darling- all it takes is one little wrong step and you end up feeling frustrated your whole life, like me.

Once you've recognized your own limits, you've raised yourself to a higher level of being, since you're closer to the real you.