“What people consider precious is different for everybody.”

The flow of time cleanses the past and heals the wounds in people’s hearts. But there are wounds we cant speak of.

But I wonder if there is a place I fit in?

Hey Nana, do you remember the first time we met? I beleive in things like fate. So I think it was fate.

If I ever fall in love again, I would like it if it were a slightly cold guy.

This trait of hers was a part of her charm as well. ..but she never realized how much pain it brought her…. -Nana Komatsu

Hey, Hachi People always say that you only discover how precious something is after you lose it— but I think, you only really recognize it… when you see it a second time face to face. -Nana Osaki

Forgetting about our mistakes and our wounds isn’t enough to make them disappear.

The truth is I always loved him. From the first time I saw him he was so great. But that time I was hurt. I might have been selfish but I was so hurt. I was afraid I would feel more pain.

Even if you fulfill your hearts desire, by sacrificing something important, you may not necessarily be happy.

There was no reason to call or write letters. As it would have been meaningless, if we couldn’t hold each other tight.

In this ordinary life without Ren, I think my life with him was like a dream. Especially on a snowy night like this. On a night as cold as this. Someone keep this guy warm for me, please.

People are only what they think of themselves.

Don’t just give up, Hachiko. Life is about getting knocked down over and over, but still getting up each time. If you keep getting up, you win.

Laugh at love and love will make you cry.

That was how Ren turned my boring life into an illusion, and that was too much for no matter how hard i tried, it seemed I could never catch him.

In this sleepless night, as the darkness advances, look up at the sky and somehow remember that somewhere in this wide world.

Everybody thinks the Bushes are from Texas. I’ve been there twice.

Two-point-seven percent unemployment equates to — everybody who wants to work is working. It equates to full employment.

Everybody had some sort of vision problem, some sort of damage – I had to bury myself in my napkin.

This Bud’s for yooouuuu.” C’mon, everybody, let’s be hypocritical bastards. It’s okay to drink your drug. We meant those other drugs. Those untaxed drugs. Those are the ones that are bad for you.

If everybody understood that you get back in spades what you put in in terms of service, not only will everybody’s lives be more fulfilling – I mean can you imagine a society look like that? I’m Bill Courtney and I share hope.

At the end of the day, she noticed that everybody around her was happy, too- so she didn’t quit after all. She decided to come to work happy instead. Two years later, she’s still on the job, radiating happiness and love.

When I read these texts, I understood something about human greatness. What I understood from his writings was: What is greatest in human beings is what makes them equal to everybody else.

They send you into the world to compete with everybody else to get the second $100,000 that never was created and bring it back to them. So if we’re in a world with zero-growth population, goods, services, and money, the problem would be obvious.