What determined whether the people before my eyes really are themselves, was my own self. If I were to leave those doubts and distance aside, they would become lies. If I were to put my trust into them and compromise, they would become real. - Kirigaya Kazuto (Kirito), Sword Art Online

The best book a writer can ever write is a book that chooses its readers, not the other way around.

To a man, his world is what he sees, thinks and believes. But the man is not the world. He is just a part of it - just a fragment of its knowledge, culture and perspective.

Sometimes, we'll find ourselves having no choice but to wake up from our dreams. There is of course the risk of facing the facts that our dreams are nothing real to begin with, but embracing reality will allow us to get a real inner and outer perspective of our lives - and enable us to live real lives and do real work for dreams that can be made into a reality.

We leave a part of us at every break up, try tearing a pinch of flesh out of your arms, it hurts as much. Courtship isn't merely a game, it's friendship at its most intimate level. Don't play with it, else we'll have nothing left of us but brokenness, that devastates a person for the rest of his/her life. - Joash Mock Kar Wai

Paper is more patient than man, but it is still nothing compared to a good friend.