I took the life of the woman I was supposed to call mother in the process of being born... in order to become the world's strongest shinobi... an incarnation of sand was implanted inside of me.

One day you will be the one called Master (Naruto). You'll be the one to treat others to ramen. We can't stay kids forever." - Shikamaru Nara (Naruto)

A smile is the best way to get away with trouble even if it’s a fake one.

Live your life so that you’ll have no regrets. No matter how hard, no matter how sad, if something is precious to you, protect it with both arms.

It’s foolish to fear what we’ve yet to see and know.

forgive yourself for what you aren't able to do, the ones who aren't able to acknowledge their ownselves are bound to fail

When a man learns to love, he must bear the risk of hatred.

We don't know what kind of people we truly are until the moment before our deaths. As death comes to embrace you, you will realize what you are. That's what death is, don't you think?

The difference between insanity and genius is measured only by success and failure.

You were the leaves, basking in the sunlight. I was the root, growing in the darkness ~Danzo

n the world, those who break the rules are scum, but those who abandon their friends are worse than scum.

Each Fable is inspired by some true stories which doesn't have an happy ending, unlike the Fable.

It became a weekend of reading, of trying to see her in the fragments of the poem she'd left for me.

Out of all the medical advancements in human history I'm still most in awe of that tiny little piece of toilet paper that can stop a gushing razor cut in its tracks.

I love Christmas. I really do love Christmas. I love being with my family and I love snow. I love the music and the lights and all of it.

Everything that can be counted does not necessarily count; everything that counts cannot necessarily be counted.

As threshing separates the wheat from the chaff, so does affliction purify virtue.

Become the world's most thoughtful friend.

For a mother's love is fashioned, After God's enduring love, It is endless and unfailing, Like the love of Him above.

The rolling stone never gathereth mosse.

Most of the fans of John Lennon and maybe John and Yoko are younger than me.