“Have you ever noticed that there are people who do things which are most indelicate, and yet at the same time - beautiful?”

“The most beautiful thing in Tokyo is McDonald's. The most beautiful thing in Stockholm is McDonald's. The most beautiful thing in Florence is McDonald's. Peking and Moscow don't have anything beautiful yet.”

“Time moves and yet we do not notice it.”

“A beauty is a woman you notice; a charmer is one who notices you.”

“Have you ever noticed how parents can go from the most wonderful people in the world to totally embarrassing in three seconds?”

“Do what you will. Even if you tear yourself apart, most people will continue doing the same things.”

“It was so risky and so scary, and yet at the same time, so beautiful. Maybe the truth was, it shouldn't be easy to be amazing. Then everything would be. It's the things you fight for and struggle with before earning that have the greatest worth.”

“He often spoke aloud to himself now, or hummed, without ever noticing it, as if ignoring an old companion who always said the same things.”

“Have you ever tried to argue with someone who doesn’t want anything from you? It’s hard. Have you ever noticed in a row with someone that no longer loves you that you have no recourse?' No tools with which to bargain.”

“The world is full of people who all want the same thing, and you have to do a little something extra to make them remember you.”