"At the temple there is a poem called "Loss"carved into the stone. It has three words, but the poet has scratched them out. You cannot read loss, only feel it."
"I don't know when we'll see each other again or what the world will be like when we do. We may both have seen many horrible things. But I will think of you every time I need to be reminded that there is beauty and goodness in the world."
"We lead our lives like water flowing down a hill, going more or less in one direction until we splash into something that forces us to find a new course."
"Of course, a sign doesn't mean anything unless you know how to interpret it."
"Watch for the thing that will show itself to you. Because that thing, when you find it, will be your future."
"Can't you see? Every step I have taken, since I was that child on the bridge, has been to bring myself closer to you."