For a long time I had not approached the forbidden fruit called happiness, but it was now tempting me with a melancholy persistence. I felt as though Sonoko were an abyss above which I stood poised.

Perfect purity is possible if you turn your life into a line of poetry written with a splash of blood.

True beauty is something that attacks, overpowers, robs, and finally destroys.

Nobody even imagines how well one can lie about the state of one’s own heart.

Young people get the foolish idea that what is new for them must be new for everybody else too. No matter how unconventional they get, they're just repeating what others before them have done.

Beauty is something that burns the hand when you touch it.

The special quality of hell is to see everything clearly down to the last detail.

By means of microscopic observation and astronomical projection the lotus flower can become the foundation for an entire theory of the universe and an agent whereby we may perceive Truth.

For an artist to do creative work, he needs at once physical health and some physiomental ill health. He needs both serenity and gloom.

Anything can become excusable when seen from the standpoint of the result

As long as you know I am waiting, take your time flowers of the spring.

Inner negativity will attract negative energies from the universe. So be watchful of your thoughts. Don't be a magnate of negativity.

One thing that's good about procrastination is that you always have something planned for tomorrow

Man can no more see the world than a fish can see the river bank.

If I'm me.And you're you.Then who's this in the mirror?

It is the combination of reasonable talent and the ability to keep going in the face of defeat that leads to success.

I never forget that I'm extremely fortunate.

I have been a waitress, and I was a damn fine waitress too, let me tell you.

Though your experience may indicate that God has forgotten you or has left you alone, He is on your side. He is the God of grace, and He is actively working on your behalf.

Though there had been moments of beauty in it, Mariam knew that life for most part has been unkind to her. But as she walked the final twenty paces, she could not help but wish for more of it.

Jesus fought Satan in 'hand to hand combat' . . . 'you need to protect this victory.'