"As I grow older, much older, I will experience many things, and I will hit rock bottom again and again. Again and aga…"

"People aren't overcome by situations or outside forces; defeat invades from within."

"Truly happy memories always live on, shining. Over time, one by one, they come back to life."

"No matter where you are, you're always a bit on your own, always an outsider."

"Love is the kind of thing that's already happening by the time you notice it, that's how it works, and no matter how …"

"All these hundreds of years, from the days of the oldest poetry collections, there have been poems about cherry bloss…"

"Every worm to his taste; Some prefer to eat nettles."

"You are being very demanding indeed. Where, I wonder, will we find the woman to satisfy you? You really should have s…"

"Children retain a great deal, and when they grow up they start going over things and rejudging them from a grownup’s …"

"The quality that we call beauty...must always grow from the realities of life, and our ancestors, forced to live in d…"