But wishes are only granted in fairy tales.

One of the things that makes me who I am is the loyalty I have to people I hold close to my heart.

You are the one girl that made me risk eveything for a future worth having.

I want to try making things right because picking up the pieces is way better than leaving them the way they are.

Thoughts of being a pirate and stealing her away to my ship race across my mind. Although I’m not a pirate, and she’s not my captured princess.

I'm ready for something private, private and real

Makin' mistakes ain't a crime, you know. What's the use of having a reputation if you can't ruin it every now and then?

When she wraps her arms around my neck, all I want to do is protect this girl for the rest of my life.

I realise it’s going to happen. This girl of my dreams, this girl who is more like me than anyone I’ve ever met, wants to kiss me.

The urge to jump into his arms and feel the warmth of them surrounding me is so powerful, I wonder if it's medically possible to be addicted to another human being.

This connection we have isn't going away, it's only getting stronger. Because the more I spend time with her, the closer I want to be.

Only cream and SOBs rise to the top.

I've come to understand that life is best lived, not conceptualized.

Guys are kind of retarded until they're about 30.

If I start going back to church, I'd have to stop the smoking and drinking, and I wouldn't be able to curse any more.

I think people have always liked in me the combination of being the underdog because I'm a tiny woman but I have enormous authority in myself.

Acting is what I do. It's not what I solely define myself as.

[Kagura is doing laundry and tries to wring out Kyou's shirt, causing it to rip in two] Kyo Sohma: Tell me what I think just happened didn't just happen! Kagura: My love! Kyo Sohma: My shirt!

We need to infuse politics with ideas like compassion and empathy, and a sense that we live in an interdependent world.

All history, of course, is the history of wars.

God split himself into a myriad parts that he might have friends. This may not be true, but it sounds good, and is no sillier than any other theology.