Just because you painted a house didn't mean the furniture inside was any different. It had to be the same with people.

...and it struck her as the truest form of kindness, the most basic sort of love: to be worried about the one who was worrying about you.

Here. There. Everywhere. Somewhere. Home.

And the geography of the thing--the geography of them--was completely and hopelessly wrong.

Happy Graduation, " he said."Now go get her.

Music is enough for a lifetime, but a lifetime is not enough for music.

Seasons happened and things got colder and harder and suddenly I found myself smoking circles in the airby myself in the snowand I was not okay.

Our restlessness in this world seems to indicate that we are intended for a better. We have all of us a longing after happiness

Take the job or the project that scares you a little. It's the one with the most to teach you.

If I don't have anything to sacrifice, I don't have anything to gain. From the Bible I have learned if you want something good, you must sacrifice.

Shall we, because we walk on our hind feet, assume to ourselves only the privilege of imperishability?

A passion for any novel, and any character, can crystallise your ideas when you really need to be as open as possible as a performer.

Life sure is easier when you're rich." "And a natural born charmer. Don't forget that part." "How could I?" she retorted. "It's the only thing we have in common.

I can't single out one thing that influenced me. My generation was influenced greatly by the manga that came out during our childhood.