I did not know that it was love until I knew.

TimeYou were the oneI wanted mostto stay.But time could notbe kept at bay.The more it goes, the more it's gone—the more it takes away.

One day you will be nostalgic for today.

...you cannot control the depth of a wound another inflicts upon you.

Some pieces will sing to your present, others may echo of your past, and the rest could whisper of your future.

There is a certain quality to words that when strung in a certain way--has an almost hypnotic effect.

It was like being seen after a perpetual darkness, I replied. To be heard after a lifetime of silence.

He deftly dealt his swiftest blow--I fell further than, I was meant to go.

Because someday, in one way or another, you will be taken from me or I you.

The glass bottle does not know its own contents. It has no idea whether it is a vessel for the most delicious apple cider, a lovingly crafted wine, or a bitter poison.

...but how could I have stopped him from taking what was already his?

Avoid loud and aggressive persons, they are vexations to the spirit.

The cleanest feet in the universe are positive thoughts walking through your mind.

When you achieve higher consciousness you will not achieve anything, but you will lose everything that is not important and is not yours.

Your hope will never be cut off.

I will not allow anxiety dictate the terms of my life

I'm just going to go live life. I'm going to go enjoy life. I have nothing left to hide. I am kind of a free person, a free soul.

You'll always make mistakes and you'll miss the mark sometimes. That's inevitably going to happen, because the best people in the world make mistakes - even people who are brilliant.

I think TV is all about not turning off the public, it's about not being too sexy, not being too much of anything really.

The process of learning should be as far as possible a pleasurable one and not laborious

I've been missing Japanese literature so much of late.