When snow melts, what does it become?' It becomes water, of course' Wrong! It becomes spring!

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!

Leaders cannot build a successful nation once they are yoked to these two evils, ignorance and greed.

You could hold me and I could hold you. And it would be so peaceful. Completely peaceful. Like the feeling of sleep, but awake in it together.

My high school years were fun and frustrating, typical of the teen years. The most important accomplishment was meeting my wife, Ruth.

The idea of seeing everybody clad the same is not really my cup of tea

Just studying Buddhism, then meditating and going to Buddhist monasteries, talking to Buddhist monks, combined with the Thai people themselves, changed the way I look at the world.

When I watch people like Cate Blanchett act, I don't know what is going on in her life, you just get lost in her performance and that's what I hope to do as well.

You don’t ask a writer what typewriter he uses.

He only is a well-made man who has a good determination.

Last night I learned how to be a lover of God. To live in this world and call nothing my own.

Realization of God cannot be achieved without ecstatic love for Him.