“Wake up. If your eyes are sleeping then wipe them gently. You need to be awake for this. It is a matter of life and death. Wake up! If your mind is sleeping then shake it quickly. You need to be awake for this. It is a matter of life and death. Wake up, I said! If your heart is sleeping then beat your chest! You need to be awake for life! You need to be awake for love! It is a matter of living and being alive.”

“She wears it so beautifully doesn’t she, her pain… Always smiling, always positive…. always happy to help… It’s like a garment perfectly tailored to fit the way she carries it… with a touch of grace… and the quietness of that sad smile…. All so you’d never know how heavy it really was.”

“Within each of us are two competing sides, a polarity of character. Only one leads to greatness.”

“The sum of our greatness lies not in asking“what do I want to do?” but rather “who do I want to be?”

“To live with regret is to deny one’s life of living.”

“Brilliant boom of Spring is nothing if not for the timely death of Autumn~”

“The worst thing that can happen to you today is “nothing” because anything else, either good or bad, can help you learn to live life to the fullest.”