Like the first whiff of burning incense, or like the taste of one's first cup of saké, there is in love that moment when all its power is felt.

Anyone who sang the praises of undying love in this day and age belonged to the first rank of hypocrites in Daisuke's estimate.

My love for her was close to piety. You may think it strange that I should use this word, with its religious connotation, to describe my feeling towards a woman. But even now I believe—and I believe it very strongly—that true love is not so far removed from religious faith.

How deep, how recondite this seeming petty heart,
In whose recesses right and wrong lie dimmed by distance.

Soy un gato, un ser extremadamente sensible a los más sutiles cambios en la mente o el alma del mundo. Y, naturalmente, necesito dormir más que el resto.

Living as I do with human beings, the more that I observe them, the more I am forced to conclude that they are selfish.