“Izdrži. To je jedino što bilo tko od nas može učiniti na ovome svijetu.”

“Tuga je vrlo neobičan osjećaj, tako smo bespomoćni kad se s njome suočimo. To je nešto poput prozora koji se otvara po vlastitoj volji. Soba se hladi, a mi možemo samo bespomoćno drhtati.”

“Uspješan izbor stvori zabludu u nama da smo pametniji od bilo koga na svijetu, dok nas onaj pogrešni uči da će ostatak svijeta uvijek biti pametniji od nas.”

“We must use whatever methods we can to understand the movement of the universe around us and time our actions so that we are not fighting the currents, but moving with them.”

“Adversity is like a strong wind. It tears away from us all but the things that cannot be torn, so that we see ourselves as we really are.”

“Couldn't the wrong sort of living turn anyone mean? I remembered very well that one day back in Yoroido, a boy pushed me into a thorn bush near the pond. By the time I clawed my way out I was mad enough to bite through wood. If a few minutes of suffering could make me so angry, what would years of it do? Even stone can be worn down with enough rain.”

“Flowers that grow where old ones have withered serve to remind us that death will one day come to us all.”