A love that does not discriminate seems to me to forfeit a part of its own value, by doing an injustice to its object; and secondly, not all men are worthy of love.

Being entirely honest with oneself is a good exercise.

Unexpressed emotions will never die. They are buried alive and will come forth later in uglier ways.

We choose not randomly each other. We meet only those who already exists in our subconscious.

One day, in retrospect, the years of struggle will strike you as the most beautiful.

Most people do not really want freedom, because freedom involves responsibility, and most people are frightened of responsibility.

The great question that has never been answered, and which I have not yet been able to answer, despite my thirty years of research into the feminine soul, is 'What does a woman want?'

In the small matters trust the mind, in the large ones the heart.

The mind is like an iceberg, it floats with one-seventh of its bulk above water.

We are what we are because we have been what we have been.

I prefer the company of animals more than the company of humans. Certainly, a wild animal is cruel. But to be merciless is the privilege of civilized humans.

The definition of brilliance is redoing failures different each time and expecting successful results.

It is not death that a man should fear he should fear never beginning to live.

I'm learning to accept the lack of privacy as the real downer in my profession.

The mid-life crisis is just those times when you're not so into the things you were when you were younger.

We must be young to do great things.

God doesn't need to have emergency meetings. He's never gathered the Trinity and asked 'What happened there'.

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

You ask me, 'What is the secret of remaining happy and married?'

So shall we come to look at the world with new eyes.

When I hear bluegrass today, I hear so many new sounds in it. It's almost like country music in a way.