Rima: "Hey Shiki, won't you be my husband?"Shiki: "sure."Rima: "How rash..."Shiki: "Ehh? Why...? It means that you will be my friend and companion forever. What is there to ponder?

The best way to reach your destination is to just keep going until you get there.

When a person doesn't have gratitude, something is missing in his or her humanity. A person can almost be defined by his or her attitude toward gratitude.

I've mellowed quite quickly.

I really love animals and enjoy working with them.

[Mark] Twain called Congress "the only distinctly native criminal class in America. We've lately sent a United States Senator to the penitentiary." That was a fact.

Which is more misshapen,--religion without virtue, or virtue without religion?

But I have long thought that if you knew a column of advertisements by heart, you could achieve unexpected felicities with them. You can get a happy quotation anywhere if you have the eye.

What millions died that Caesar might be great!

Disenchantment, whether it is a minor disappointment or a major shock, is the signal that things are moving into transition in our lives.

Anyone can relate to struggle, whether you're European or Asian. Anyone can relate to having to get up and go to work and eat.