People aren't born with kindness, it grows with them.

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!

He who hears the rippling of rivers in these degenerate days will not utterly despair.

… mess is the material from which life and creativity are built …

The greater your destiny the greater your troubles.

Suspense is torture ... but delightful--or there'd be no gambling in the world.

The reason 'help' is such a great prayer is that God is the gift of desperation. When you're in despair, you're teachable.

The chief good is the suspension of the judgment [especially negative judgement], which tranquillity of mind follows like its shadow.

That's a beautiful purse. I carry a satchel.

It is, indeed, a trial to maintain the virtue of humility when one can't help being right.

Instead, I was interested in what I guess I could call narrative indeterminacy, in questioning the apparent, taken-for-granted authority of any particular representation of the events in question.

Certain directors are known for a certain kind of beauty; it becomes their signature.