“It didn't matter what you looked like. It was how you carried yourself, how you saw yourself.”

“And no matter what you do or how hard you try, you can’t stop
yourself from dreaming.”

“The important thing is: how much less you think of the body, of yourself as matter—as dead, dull, insentient matter; how much more you think of yourself as shining immortal being.”

“You can’t protect yourself. No matter how safe you think you are. No matter how much precaution you take, the rodents always find a way in.’ (Kiara)”

“Sometimes, opening up your eyes and realising what you have – no matter how little you think – helps you find yourself.”

“No matter how far you travel, you can never get away from yourself.”

“No matter how far you travel, you can never get away from yourself. It’s like your shadow. It follows you everywhere. -Komura”

“How do you make yourself not like someone?”

“I know what it's like to want to die. How it hurts to smile. How you try to fit in but you can't. How you hurt yourself on the outside to try to kill the thing on the inside.”

“What gays and lesbians have to teach other Americans is that morality is how you live and how you conduct yourself, not what you happen to be.”