Not just beautiful, though--the stars are like the trees in the forest, alive and breathing. And they're watching me.

Don't let appearances fool you. There's always only one reality!

Kindness and a caring mind are two separate qualities. Kindness is manners. It is superficial custom, an acquired practice. Not so the mind. The mind is deeper, stronger, and, I believe, it is far more inconstant.

If you can love someone with your whole heart, even one person, then there's salvation in life. Even if you can't get together with that person.

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

You're walking through a field all by yourself one day in spring and this sweet little bear cub with velvet fur and shiny little eyes comes walking along. And he says to you, 'Hi, there, little lady. Want to tumble with me?' So you and the bear spend the whole day in each other's arms, tumbling down this clover-covered hill. Nice, huh?

Most near-future fictions are boring. It's always dark and always raining, and people are so unhappy.