“Regardless of the color of eyes or skin, the color of blood is the same for everyone, isn’t it?”
“There are so many weapons scattered across my path that it makes me wonder if this world is made of little more than lead and gunpowder.”
“Everybody has to display a certain loyalty to their paycheck. I was the same way. It isn’t just a piece of paper, but a chain that binds people.”
“To me, Kawai-san is like a mirror. A mirror that reflects all the bad parts about you. A devil-like mirror that contaminates your heart.”
“Perfection is a fairly nonexistent thing. If you couldn’t do it, it was probably impossible for anybody else, too.”
“Nothing can stay unchanged. Fun things… Happy things… They can’t possibly remain the same.”
“Sometimes feelings get tangled together with deductions, forming a veil that hides the truth.”
“Put a steel mask on your face and armor on your heart.”
“If you forced someone to do something they didn’t want to do, they’d just end up hating life.”
“You need to decide where you belong before anything else. If you can do that, you can decide what you want to do.”
“Neither terrorism nor occultism have ever impacted history in any constructive way.”
“But I wasn't slacking at all. I practiced till I passed out. I gave my all. And if I still turned in a sloppy performance after all that, then... That's who I am now. It's the current me, playing with everything I've got.”
“Humans can’t reverse the flow of time. If you try to twist it against its will… You’ll be punished.”
“I just think we're missing out if we're not trying different things and having fun. Life's too short.”
“Time brings an end to all things. Even if we plug our ears and cover our eyes.”
“Listen up, Cookie. Summer break is a break. We forget about homework. That's common sense. Understand?”