I Didn't Say To Act Dead. I

It Was What We Japanese Called The Onion Life, Peeling Away A Layer At A Time And Crying All The While.

Neither You Nor I Can Know Your Destiny. You May Never Know It! Destiny Isn't Always Like A Party At The End Of The Evening. Sometimes It's Nothing More Than Struggling Through Life From Day To Day.

Nothing In Life Is Ever As Simple As We Imagine.

Adversity Is Like A Strong Wind. I Don't Mean Just That It Holds Us Back From Places We Might Otherwise Go. It Also Tears Away From Us All But The Things That Cannot Be Torn, So That Afterward We See Ourselves As We Really Are.

I Cannot Tell You What It Is That Guides Us In This Life; But For Me, I Fell Toward The Chairman Just As A Stone Must Fall Toward The Earth. When I Cut My Lip And Met Mr. Tanaka, When My Mother Died And I Was Cruelly Sold, It Was All Like A Stream That Falls Over Rocky Cliffs Before It Can Reach The Ocean. Even Now That He Is Gone I Have Him Still, In The Richness Of My Memories.