There are animals we haven't stopped by. Don't think they're harmless. Life will defend itself no matter how small it is.

If you took the city of Tokyo and turned it upside down and shook it you would be amazed at the animals that fall out: badgers, wolves, boa constrictors, crocodiles, ostriches, baboons, capybaras, wild boars, leopards, manatees, ruminants, in untold numbers. There is no doubt in my mind that that feral giraffes and feral hippos have been living in Tokyo for generations without seeing a soul.

When you've suffered a great deal in life, each additional pain is both unbearable and trifling.

I cannot think of a better way to spread the faith. No thundering from a pulpit, no condemnation from bad churches, no peer pressure, just a book of scripture quietly waiting to say hello, as gentle and powerful as a little girl's kiss on your cheek.

Isn't telling about something-using words, English or Japanese-already something of an invention? Isn't just looking upon this world already something of an invention?

Fanatics do not have faith - they have belief. With faith you let go. You trust. Whereas with belief you cling.

For evil in the open is but evil from within that has been let out.