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“Unwilling to listen or see anything else, you lost yourself in your own world and became incapable of seeing the things around you.”
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The best anime quotes about regret.
“Unwilling to listen or see anything else, you lost yourself in your own world and became incapable of seeing the things around you.”
“I wonder why people make promises they won't be able to keep.”
“I'm sorry. I couldn't keep my promise. I wanted to go into a line of work where I could protect people. That's why I became a detective. But Makishima changed everything. That man will continue to kill people. And yet, the law can't judge him. As long as I'm a detective, I can't touch him. This case made me aware... that the law can't protect people.”
“Assassination — It's the family trade. We all take it up. My folks see me as an exceptional prospect. But I don't see that I should have to live up to their expectations.”
“I was younger then, I wasn't afraid of anything, I didn't think about dying for a second. I thought I was invincible. Then I met some girl. I wanted to live, I started to think like that; for the first time I was afraid of death. I had never felt like that before.”
“Whether it's good or bad, it's so unfortunate to wake up during a dream.”
“The scar of my past will determine my future!”
“Men always seem to think about their past before they die, as though they were frantically searching for proof that they truly lived.”
“It's no use. It's akin to love. Akin to the first kiss. It only works once.”
“I'm afraid when something is truly lost, one can never get it back again.”
“You should cry while you still can. When you get bigger, sometimes, you can't cry even if you have something you wanna cry about.”
“We don't know if this world is real or a dream. Maybe the world until now has been a convenient fake. But magic will probably disappear now. The dream is over.”
“You can't pick up water once it's spilled, so handle it carefully.”
“We once fought together for an ideal with our swords. It wasn't for power or for glory, but to create a peaceful world where people could live without fear. And if you should forget about that, then what did we fight the revolution for?”
“But even if I acted sad over it, nothing would change. Even if I cry, nothing would change.”
“Human memories aren't reliable. Your brain will add something or just glorify it, memories make you believe what happened was better than it actually was.”
“Everyone's carrying something that matters. You just don't realize when you're carrying it. It's only after it slips out of your hand that you realize how heavy it was in the first place. So many times I thought that I'd never carry a load like that ever again. And yet, before I realized it, I was carrying it again. I'd feel so much better if I just got rid of it. But I just can't bring myself to do it.”
“I felt like I was watching a dream I'd never wake up from. Before I knew it, the dream was all over.”
“You know, when I was in high school, I was a troublemaker. I hardly went to school. Before I knew it, I was expelled. When I couldn't go anymore, was when I first realized, that school was a great thing. There's a lot of friends and lots of fun things. When I got this old, I wanted even more to go to school. That's why I became a teacher. Because, if I become a teacher, I could stay in school until I die, right? That's why I'm really happy now. I want you to be like that too. I want you to like school. Once it's over, it's too late.”
“I wish I could go back to my childhood. It went by so quickly I feel like it was robbed from me.”
