Love is a Christian word, Anjin-san. Love is a Christian thought, a Christian ideal. We have no word for 'love' as I understand you to mean it. Duty, loyalty, honor, respect, desire, those words and thoughts are what we have, all that we need.

Wars are fought by teenagers, you realize that. They really ought to be fought by the politicians and old people who start these wars.

You've commited murder just as much as Helene did. You killed a fly with a human head. She killed a human with a fly head.

Patience means restraining yourself. There are seven emotions, Joy, anger, anxiety, adoration, grief, fear, and hate. If a man doesn't give way to these, he's patient. I'm not as strong as I might be but I'm patient.

Anger is something you should only vent in front of intimates, and friends and relations. Never be angry in front of strangers because you lose face.

How beautiful life is and how sad! How fleeting, with no past and no future, only a limitless now.

What can I do to help thee?" he asked. "Believe there is a tomorrow.