Because even the smallest of words can be the ones to hurt you, or save you.

It's true. I......I wanted to be born in the year of the cat......!

Ayame: This concludes my wonderful story. Kyo Sohma: You mean stupid!

You can't be born again, but you can change.

Let's try our best? I hope that someday the many, many tears that were shed will be worth it.

Tohru(thinking): There is an umeboshi-- on your back. Tohru (outloud): Maybe the reason people get jealous of eachother is because they can clearly see the umeboshi on other people's backs. I can see them too. I can see them perfectly. There is an amazing umeboshi on your back, Kyo-kun.

It's not that I've suddenly become stronger or that something has changed. I'm still shaking. But... We don't have to let those fears stop us. What's most important is that we try to rise above our weakness.