“The heart becomes scratched and dented and repaired over time, and with one glance, you'd be able to tell your own from others.”
“Someday, I just want to marry a regular girl who isn't too ugly and not too pretty. Have two children, first a girl, then a boy. Retire after my daughter is married and my son becomes a successful ninja, and spend the rest of my life playing shōgi or Go. Then die of old age before my wife.”
“No matter the journey, when you come to a fork in the road, you must decide in an instant which path to take.”
“He, who knows how to do something, is the servant of he, who knows why that thing must be done.”
“They say that if you change yourself, you'll change the world. but that's a complete lie. They're just forcing you to compromise, by feeding you a convenient little fib.”
“The stronger the light, the darker the shadow.”
“Self-sacrifice... A nameless shinobi who protects peace within its shadow. That is a true shinobi.”
“We do not live in a fairy-tale world. We cannot simply take revenge on those who have betrayed us and say "the end". We have to live on after this. And taking revenge for betrayal only invites more revenge.”
“What do you think killed the most people in history? It wasn't explosives or drugs. It was information. To know is to die.”
“Money can buy companionship, but not its quality.”
“Even if a question has a proper answer, sometimes one cannot simply give it away.”
“A wounded heart needs time to heal.”
“A traveler does not leave regret behind in a village, but good memories.”
“Relying on someone, helping each other out, and supporting each other. Most would say that's the right thing to do. However, that's just idealistic. In reality, someone always gets the short end of the stick.”
“Even if you're not interested, just read my recommendation. Putting aside disliking the food before trying it, I won't forgive you if you dismiss manga without giving it a chance.”
“Fear is necessary for evolution. The fear that could be destroyed at any moment.”
“We do have a lot in common. The same earth, the same air, the same sky. Maybe if we started looking at what's the same, instead of always looking at what is different... well, who knows?”
“Excuses are meaningless. The tougher things get, the more likely people are to come to their own conclusions.”