Partings are the beginnings of new meetings. Beginnings happen because there are endings.

We shall go wild with fireworks...And they will plunge into the sky and shatter the darkness. We don't have any fireworks that big

I want to believe that memories, even sad and painful ones, should not be forgotten forever.

Ayame: This concludes my wonderful story. Kyo Sohma: You mean stupid!

[Kagura is doing laundry and tries to wring out Kyou's shirt, causing it to rip in two] Kyo Sohma: Tell me what I think just happened didn't just happen! Kagura: My love! Kyo Sohma: My shirt!

Don't get lost. Give it a try. Go find the place that you're wishing for.

When someone else accepts you, that's when you begin to see yourself - through THEIR eyes - and you begin to realize that there may actually be many qualities to like about yourself.

Because even the smallest of words can be the ones to hurt you, or save you.

You must always be yourself, and do things at your own pace. Someday, you'll catch up.

A novelist can’t be without a kimono and pen!(Shigure)

That's why I won't give up! I'll continue to move forward because I believe!

But to live in ignorance on such a point was impossible.

If you feel that without a certain person, or position, or achievement, your life would be not worth living, you may be deeper into idolatry than you think.

Telling what you feel, trying to talk about what's important to you, does not make you weaker.

The best of humanity is philosophy.

Whether conservative or liberal, fundamentalist or agnostic, the more students learn of biology, the more they accept evolution.

Your literary style reflects your personality.

An artist needs not so much an audience, as to feel a need to answer, a promise to respond... a good feeling about his art.

Perhaps by sharing my personal weight-loss journey on television, I can help others confront the truth and lies behind obesity.

I am passionate about young women and advocating for them.