“What are clouds, but an excuse for the sky? What is life, but an escape from death?”

“Only by living at the edge of death can you understand the indescribable joy of life.”

“Of what real value is a title? The power is the only important thing”

“What can I do to help thee?" he asked."Believe there is a tomorrow.”

“Why is she afraid?" he asked. "She's not Anjin-san. Just a little nervous. Please excuse her. She's never seen a foreigner close to before." "Tell her when the moon's full, barbarians sprout horns and fire comes out of our mouths like dragons.”

“Love is a Christian word, Anjin-san. Love is a Christian thought, a Christian ideal. We have no word for 'love' as I understand you to mean it. Duty, loyalty, honor, respect, desire, those words and thoughts are what we have, all that we need.”

“How beautiful life is and how sad! How fleeting, with no past and no future, only a limitless now.”