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“"Those who believe will be saved". It's just that I wanted to find out whether you'll be saved if you believed. If such a thing were true, I feel like I can change myself too.”
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The best anime quotes about self-discovery.
“"Those who believe will be saved". It's just that I wanted to find out whether you'll be saved if you believed. If such a thing were true, I feel like I can change myself too.”
“Friendship might begin with getting picked, but I don't think that you can stop picking for yourself either. But in order to choose, there are things you need to know. And in order to get picked, you need them to know certain things.”
“Humans always pursue things they can’t reach. Doesn’t it single-heartedly symbolize such yearnings?”
“Dreams. Each man longs to pursue his dream. Each man is tortured by this dream, but the dream gives meaning to his life. Even if the dream ruins his life, man cannot allow himself to leave it behind. In this world, is man ever able to possess anything more solid, than a dream?”
“Dreams, ambition, love, hope; in this world, could the glories of a youthful heart be.. forbidden?”
“Providence may guide a man to meet one specific person, even if such guidance eventually leads him to darkness. Man simply cannot forsake the beauty of his own chosen path. When will man learn a way to control his soul?”
“What are humans’ desires? What I think the most troublesome desire is the desire for attention. It’s the source of jealousy and relationship problems, too.”
“Anyone can say that he likes himself best. When you say that you like someone, you just end up liking yourself in the moment of being with that person, right?”
“Every girl is born a princess, some of them just forget is all.”
“I despise myself... because others are too kind to me...”
“[his parting words to Arrietty] My heart is stronger now, because you're in it.”
“Human beings are dangerous. If we're seen, we have to leave. My parents said so.”
“People who neglect to make efforts or who don't take any actions at all are always the ones who dream that someday they will suddenly become wildly successful.”
“If you feel like crying you should not hold back your tears. You should let it all out while you still can - because when you get bigger sometimes you can't cry even if you have something to cry about.”
“I have to accept that who I want to become and who I can actually become are different.”
“The more I concentrate, the more I get consumed by my performance. The sounds I play fade away from my reach, tangling up like flowers seized by the spring wind and vanish.”
“Ever since I was little, I've always been curious. Why doesn't the witch, who can use her magic to transform a shabby girl into someone lovely, cast a spell on herself? If she used her magic on herself, she could become lovely too. The witch does not use her magic on herself because she knows the emptiness that follows when the spell breaks.”
“Nothing in this world is free. Be thankful to those who speak strict word to you. Watch out for a person who talks too nicely.”
“I think that the people who come to like and understand you, like you not because of your outward appearance, but because of your own feelings that aren't lies.”
