There is no stranger under the cherry tree.

In the cherry blossom's shade there's no such thing as a stranger.

Giddy grasshopper Take care...do not leap and crush These pearls of dewdrop

What a strange thing! to be alive beneath cherry blossoms.

Carrying a poppy he passes through the quarrel.

Reflected in the dragonfly's eye -- mountains.

In spring rain a pretty girl yawning.

Don't worry, spiders, I keep house casually.

O snail Climb Mount Fuji But slowly, slowly!

Summer night-- even the stars are whispering to each other.

Listen, all creeping things, the bell of transience.

When it comes to exacting revenge, it gets harder and harder to top yourself each successive time

The more of Heaven we cherish, the less of Earth we covet.

What I try to do in a play is put a problem on stage, head-on, without evasion.

The only valid starting point is to understand what we all share - we have to find what we can all agree on.

When you cook, you never stop learning. That's the fascination of it all.

I learned that the moment you want to slow down is the moment you should accelerate.

Love lives on, and hath a power to bless when they who loved are hidden in the grave.

I can smell when someone has a cavity. It's a very specific smell - not a bad-breath smell - but something that is really strong.

It's a great sacrifice to do what I'm doing. I'm not having fun at all...What a brutal job!

An optimist is someone who gets treed by a lion but enjoys the scenery.