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

Truly great people emit a light that warms the hearts of those around them. When that light has been put out, a heavy shadow of despair descends.

People aren't overcome by situations or outside forces. Defeat comes from within.

I spent most of my time thinking, because I didn't have enough energy to do anything else.

When was it I realized that, on this truly dark and solitary path we all walk, the only way we can light is our own? Although I was raised with love, I was always lonely. Someday, without fail, everyone will disappear, scattered into the blackness of time.

In the uncertain ebb and flow of time and emotions, much of one’s life history is etched in the senses. And things of no particular importance, or irreplaceable things, can suddenly resurface in a café one winter night.

Sometimes people put up walls, not to keep others out, but to see who cares enough to break them down.