When the war's over, I'll be kind.

If the greatest loss of his life is the loss of a dream he's always known to be a dream, then he's among the fortunate ones.

There was little Hiroko Tanaka hadn’t learnt about the shameful resilience of the human heart.

Yes, I know everything can disappear in a flash of light. That doesn’t make anything less valuable.

The world won't get more or less terrible if we're indoors somewhere with a mug of hot chocolate.

And there he lay in his bed, a broken man, worn out by a way of life which had been thrust upon him because of the antics of a wayward pig.

I feel like knowledge is power: If you know how to take care of yourself, you can be a better version of yourself.

The height of success is when you break your business, that is what I say! Just when you think things are really really going well that's the time to change.

I used to imagine adventures for myself, I invented a life, so that I could at least exist somehow.

My mother and I had a lot of distance between us emotionally, although, on the surface, most of the time, we appeared good and friendly, and all that. But I was a problem. I was a street kid.

I've never had so much fun being back at my job sitting in front of my computer. Compared to 10 months on the road, going home and sleeping in my own bed every night is really nice.

oh my god, she said are you going to be reasonable about this?

The deepest healing is the healing of the deepest wound. The deepest wound is the frustration of the deepest need. The deepest need is the need for meaning, purpose, and hope.

Advise for anybody - enjoy what you are doing, enjoy the process of learning and don't be impatient.

I want to get to the point where people say of my work, that man feels deeply.