I don't think anyone really knows the purpose of their existence.

I think the fakest thing in the world is to judge someone on how they look.

For a moment you forget how much the loss hurts. Then you remember and it buries you.

I used to feel like I was drowning. So I stopped trying to swim.

Everything I loved became everything I've lost.

Every girl is beautiful, it's society that's ugly.

You can't always tell when someone's keeping something inside and not really happy.

It gets really dark before it gets light.

The only person to blame is the person making up the bullshit.

You can be a nice guy that wants to kill himself.

I can't drown my demons. They know how to swim.

Yotsuba: I’ll get revenge! … I’m going! Jumbo (in a suffering manner): Yotsuba… please, come back alive… Yotsuba (heroic): Alright. Even if I die… I’ll come back alive.—–Yotsuba!

From rocks come gold.From coal comes diamonds.From oysters come pearls.From caterpillars come butterflies.From adversity come the great.

Nought’s had, all’s spent, where our desire is got without content.

The attitude of, 'I will never self-publish, ' coming from any author, indicates that they have never been in a position where it is their only option.

Not everybody goes to movies to get their life changed.

Beauty is a horrible power.

His answer to every problem, every setback was “I will work harder!” —which he had adopted as his personal motto.

Love child!" What else? You will find it and lose it, again and again. And with each finding and each loss, you will become more than before. What you make of it is yours to choose.

There is no such thing as economics, only social science applied to economic problems.

Let each man pass his days in that endeavor wherein his gift is greatest.