“Open your eyes, train your ears, use your head. If a mind you have, then use it while you can.”

“If you try to use your head to think about things, people don't want to have anything to do with you”

“If you're in pitch blackness, all you can do is sit tight until your eyes get used to the dark”

“You have to look!" Johnnie Walker commanded. "That's another one of our rules. Closing your eyes isn't going to change anything. Nothing's going to disappear just because you can't see what going on. In fact, things will be even worse the next time you open your eyes. That's the kind of world we live in, Mr. Nakata. Keep your eyes wide open. Only a coward closes his eyes. Closing your eyes and plugging up your ears won't make time stand still.”

“Closing your eyes isn't going to change anything. Nothing's going to disappear just because you can't see what's going on. In fact, things will even be worse the next time you open your eyes. That's the kind of world we live in. Keep your eyes wide open. Only a coward closes his eyes. Closing your eyes and plugging up your ears won't make time stand still.”

“If you really want to know what's happening here and now, you've got to use your own eyes and your own judgment.”

“Not prejudging things, listening to what's going on, keeping your ears, heart, and mind open.”