At that moment, beauty itself struck me as a kind of painful melancholy.

Never give up; for even rivers someday wash dams away.

We lead our lives like water flowing down a hill, going more or less in one direction until we splash into something that forces us to find a new course.

By the time we arrived, as evening was approaching, I felt as sore as a rock must feel when the waterfall has pounded on it all day long.

I worried she might spend an afternoon chatting with me about the sights and then wish me best of luck.

After all, when a stone is dropped into a pond, the water continues quivering even after the stone has sunk to the bottom.

I don't think any of us can speak frankly about pain until we are no longer enduring it.

We don't become geisha because we want our lives to be happy; we become geisha because we have no choice.

A tree may look as beautiful as ever; but when you notice the insects infesting it, and the tips of the branches that are brown from disease, even the trunk seems to lose some of its magnificence.

If you aren't the woman I think you are, then this isn't the world I thought it was.

The heart dies a slow death, shedding each hope like leaves until one day there are none. No hopes. Nothing remains.

I'm falling into disrepair

The use we make of our fortune determines as to its sufficiency. A little is enough if used wisely and too much is not enough if expended foolishly.

Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them.

I think a lot of people learn to code messing around with things while in secondary school. And for me, it started up as a hobby and a plaything, and I just became more curious over time.

The key to risk management is never putting yourself in a position where you cannot live to fight another day.

The thing about rigging is, you can learn it if you become a master rigger but there's no book on rigging.

Don't worry, Rickey, you're still the best.

I haven't been abroad in so long that I almost speak English without an accent now.

My biggest problem in my life is I'm cheap and I didn't hire a publicist. In every awkward interview, normally actors get these things scripted.

Who would not shudder if he were given the choice of eternal death or life again as a child ? Who would not choose to die ?