Two-thirds of earth's surface is ocean, and all we can see with the naked eye is the surface.

How many times have you said, 'This is it. I've finally found my one true love'? And how many times has the reality turned out differently? Paperback romances and fairy tales promote an ideal of a first and only love, but few of us can claim to have had such uncomplicated good fortune. For most people, the process of finding the perfect partner is one trial and error: breakups, makeups, missed opportunities and misunderstandings. Human love is a fragile creation, and sometimes the smallest thing - the wrong choice of words or a single clumsy gesture - can make love shatter, stall or fade away.

Death is not the opposite of life, but a part of it.

As long as there's such a thing as time, everybody's damaged in the end, changed into something else. It always happens, sooner or later.

In long-distance running the only opponent you have to beat is yourself, the way you used to be.

Her smile steps offstage for a moment, then does an encore, all while I'm dealing with my blushing face.

It is a lonely life sometimes, like throwing a stone into the deep darkness. It might hit something, but you can’t see it. The only thing you can do is to guess, and to believe.