“I have to get back to the hotel. But I don’t know the way. I always rely on Shouji so I didn’t notice where we were going.”

I want to protect my own happiness. I’m not an angel. I’m just a normal girl.

Sometimes isn’t it better to have some time and space to ourselves? We will have new perception of things.

I have the right to be hated.(Takumi)

I wanted to have a good relationship. One that’s romantic and dramatic, like in the movies. But I finally became a woman at 17 and learned that men aren’t really that simple.

I’m lucky that I’m afraid of losing something

That moment I felt a bit like crying. I don’t really know why. Nana’s hand felt so warm that it even warmed my heart.

I don’t think avoiding conflict is not caring. ~Shin

You were a stray cat, strutting so free and full of pride. But I could see your open wound. And without really thinking I just chalked it up to another cool thing about you.

Since people cannot understand each other by just being honest. May be its impossible to live your whole life without getting hurt but don’t hurt the people close to you.

When dawn comes, that memory gradually distances…Tonight, I will bring it to sleep with me, so that will not be taken away by the waves of the night.

It took us five hours to reach Tokyo, but I was really happy. I kept talking about myself, and didn’t hear anything about Nana. But now that I know you better; I know you wouldn’t say anything.

But even when the moon looks like it’s waning…it’s actually never changing shape. Don’t ever forget that.

Do you remember the time we met? The wind blew the snow about on the outside, the train moved, stopped, and then moved some more.

A woman’s happiness is in throwing everything away to live for love.

People can have lovers..they can have friends..they can be together..but when you think about it..you’ll see that originally..we’re alone

Why.. is human desire so unsatisfying?

You know, sometimes I feel like I walk around with a target on my back with the films I make.

Don’t decide yet,” Hephaestus advised. “Wait until daybreak. Daybreak is a good time for decisions.

I think I write for reluctant readers. Of course I want everyone to enjoy my books, but if the kids in the back row who normally don’t pick up a book are engaged with what I’m writing, along with the kids who are big readers anyway, then I really feel like I’ve done my job.

I take that back. If hank wants to shoot scott, he has my blessing.

I got a fan letter on the back of a prison menu. And I remember thinking, ‘Well, they get pie. It’s not so bad. They get pie on the weekends.’ I want to say blueberry and also a Boston cream pie. Not so bad.

I kissed him, trying to bring him back. I kissed him and let my lips rest against his so that our breath mingled and the tears from my eyes became salt on his skin, and I told myself that, somewhere, tiny particles of him would become tiny particles of me, ingested, swallowed, alive, perpetual.

I told him I’d think about it and then my pops called and said something like that so I decided to revert back and then.

How do we fight back? By creating art.