Maybe the only thing I can definitely say about is this: That’s life. Maybe the only thing we can do is accept it, without really knowing what’s going on.

Unclose your mind. You are not a prisoner. You are a bird in flight, searching the skies for dreams.

Everytime you see a flood like that on the news you tell yourself: That's it. That's my heart.

When I was a teenager, I thought how great it would be if only I could write novels in English. I had the feeling that I would be able to express my emotions so much more directly than if I wrote in Japanese.

Spending plenty of time on something can be the most sophisticated form of revenge.

This place is too calm, too natural--too complete. I don't deserve it. At least not yet.

Many are the women who can take their clothes off seductively, but women who can charm as they dress?