“The heart of another is a dark forest, always, no matter how close it has been to one’s own.”

“Can a person who has been brought up in the heart of a thick dark forest, where one has to beat a path through multiple layers of trees just to take a letter to the post office, have any conception of what it’s like to spend one’s entire childhood waiting for a single tree to grow?”

“I believe each human being has the potential to change, to transform one’s own attitude, no matter how difficult the situation.”

“To know one’s own state is not a simple matter. One cannot look directly at one’s own face with one’s own eyes, for example. One has no choice but to look at one’s reflection in the mirror. Through experience, we come to believe that the image is correct, but that is all.”

“Twilight, again. Another ending. No matter how perfect the day is, it always has to end.”

“It is impossible to grasp another human's inner world. But even in the darkness of the densest forest, there can always be the light of a firefly.”