That's evolution. Evolution's always hard. Hard and bleak. No such thing as happy evolution

We were young, and we had no need for prophecies. Just living was itself an act of prophecy.

So this was how secrets got started, I thought to myself. People constructed them little by little.

I try not to think about anything special while running. As a matter of fact, I usually run with my mind empty. However, when I run empty-minded, something naturally and abruptly crawls in sometime. That might become an idea that can help me with my writing.

"They tell us that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself, but I don't believe that." he said. Then, a moment later, he added: "Oh, the fear is there, all right. It comes to us in many different forms, at different times, and overwhelms us. But the most frightening thing we can do at such times is to turn our backs on it, to close our eyes. For then we take the most precious thing inside us and surrender it to something else. In my case, that something was the wave."

What I'd like to be is a unique writer who's different from everybody else. I want to be a writer who tells stories unlike other writers'.

It's my motto for life. 'Walk slowly; drink lots of water.