Snatching happiness takes a lot more courage than enduring unhappiness

Snow falling soundlessly in the middle of the night will always fill my heart with sweet clarity

I am a lolita. I don't believe in growing up. No matter how old I get I remain devoted to ruffles and frills

An element of fantasy is needed when falling in love and I was unable to find the fantasy element with any of the male gender

Lolitas do not recognize any authority. They follow only the values they have chosen for themselves, regardless of what anybody might say.

The only things that erased my lonliness were written works

Restraining, saving, assuring your checkbook balance...what does all taht amount to? If I go broke one day I'll just take out loans

All I trust is the past. Things that have ended can't betray me.

I really had no idea you'd be this stupid but then again you were the only person that really got me

It's not like I'm all into nostalgia and history, it's just that I can't stand the way things are now

I am anti-social and have a dark personality. I have no redeeming qualties and nothing to offer, therefore I could never have what I wanted

Love is on every side, and no one's side. Don't ask what Love can do for you.

paling tidak lewat air mata, kita masih punya ketulusan jiwa. meski di satu sisi kita sering merasa kesepian

Ignorance paired with arrogance (naïveté) is logical, but arrogance paired with awareness (ego) is toxic.

Defeat begins with the fear that one had lost.

I find L.A. kind of romantic, actually. As a movie junkie, it's a city that was built by the movies. There's something really weird and surreal about it that I find energizing.

When a man is ill nothing is so important to him as his own illness.

This book was company for me - I wrote these things when I was in hotels, far from where I normally live. I never intended to publish it.

The world must be romanticized. In this way the originary meaning may be found again.

There’s something so great about this,” she whispers. About what?” I whisper back. About this,” she whispers. About being outlaws. It’s just you and me—against the world.

I have always been conscious of the importance and the strength of nationalism, and this has led me straight to the acknowledgment of the nationalism of the Palestinian people.