I'm only seven, although I died In Hiroshima long ago, I'm seven now as I was then - When children die, they do not grow.

And don't forget, a prisoner's wife must always think good thoughts.

That's how it goes, my friend. The problem is not falling a captive, it's how to avoid surrender.

Living is no laughing matter: you must live with great seriousness like a squirrel for example - I mean without looking for something beyond and above living, I mean living must be your whole occupation.

The life of man is long, perhaps longer than necessary Or perhaps it is shorter than necessary?

When the light of the star which flows into my eyes as a drop of gold first pierced the darkness in space, there was not a single eye on earth looking at the sky.

I'm only seven, although I died In Hiroshima long ago, I'm seven now as I was then - When children die, they do not grow.