Quotation

A real Japanese has to climb Mt Fuji: l was exhausted, but at the same time ecstatic. Something had changed in me. l'd been lost in Japan. Mt Fuji had found me again. lt taught me a lesson. Taught me that you can escape death. That is, a rigid image you have of yourself. l was 20 years old. l had yet to find what l was searching for. And that's why l loved life. That day l learned that to love, l had to be free. That day l learned that birth means both pain and joy. That day l learned that l had to become all the people l was, all the people l hadn't yet met. l learned that day l was as large as life. lf you die, go. lf you suffer, move. Movement is the only rule. The only dishonor is not being free. === Amelie to worker cleaning the pool she was in: lt's not necessary. Worker: No English! Amelie: lt's not English, it's Japanese!