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

If she did experience sex-or something close to it-in high school, I'm sure it would have been less out of sexual desire or love than literary curiosity.

The point is, not to resist the flow. You go up when you're supposed to go up and down when you're supposed to go down. When you're supposed to go up, find the highest tower and climb to the top. When you're supposed to go down, find the deepest well and go down to the bottom. When there's no flow, stay still. If you resist the flow, everything dries up. If everything dries up, the world is darkness.

My heroes don't have anything special. They have something to tell other people but they don't know how, so they talk to themselves.

You can hide memories, but you can’t erase the history that produced them.

Don't tell me anymore. You should have your dream, as the old woman told you to. I understand how you feel, but if you put those feelings into words they will turn into lies. (from Thailand)

In a sense, I'm the one who ruined me: I did it myself.