Sorrow is hushed into peace in my heart like the evening among the silent trees。

Knowledge is the most valuable resource in the universe.

"To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all."

The mother-child relationship is paradoxical and, in a sense, tragic. It requires the most intense love on the mother's side, yet this very love must help the child grow away from the mother, and to become fully independent.

Every song on stage is my true voice.

We are all alone, born alone, die alone, and—in spite of True Romance magazines—we shall all someday look back on our lives and see that, in spite of our company, we were alone the whole way.

You cannot explore the depths of the soul, even if you travel every road.