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“Is it wrong to do stuff by yourself? If someone worked hard on their own until now, why do they have to face rejection here?”
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“Is it wrong to do stuff by yourself? If someone worked hard on their own until now, why do they have to face rejection here?”
“I am who I am and there is nothing wrong with that. The days continue like they always have, bringing neither excessive desire nor despair, nothing's changed. Yet I'm overwhelmed by this sense of fulfillment. I'm over here, you're over there. If I'm your savior, then you're mine.”
“No human beings, regardless of who they might be, want to look directly at their own shortcomings.”
“Live by your own rules. And have reality accept your own rules. If you are able to do that, the future is all yours.”
“I bet it's not easy to persevere in one's goal. I never tried, so I wouldn't know. But to achieve a goal, one must work hard even when no one is looking. Having a dream might not be all that great.”
“Everybody's weak. That's why we rely on others. We live by helping one another. We can say, we need one another. I've been able to survive because I have you and the others.”
“The human mind is uncertain things. Within mind, even contradictory thoughts may coexist.”
“Memories... of the people we were. They're subtle, but they're real. It took me a lot of time to understand what I saw. Books say we shouldn't have memories. Or at least that they're only the memories and emotions of the alchemists who made us. But they are wrong. Those memories are mine.”
“But you're thinking on too large a scale there, kid... If we don't want to drive ourselves crazy, we can only deal with what's directly in front of us.”
“Educating a heterosexual person about anime, is a joy for an otaku.”
“In manga, there's always a character who gets a sudden boost of power, right? Usually, it's when they're driven into a corner. Readers actually call it a "convenient power up", but it actually does happen in the real world as well. We humans only truly show our mettle when we're pushed into a corner.”
“Being alone is best. I mean, it's true, isn't it? In the end you'll be absolutely alone; therefore, being alone is natural. If you accept that, nothing bad can happen. That's why I shut myself away in my six-mat one-room apartment.”
“Crying is the same thing as pouring all your frustations and regrets out of your body. You may use it as a weapon, but that's just too easy. Whenever you feel like crying, just smile instead. That's what it means to be a man. You get it?”
“The inferiority you feel is actually the quality of a king. You may grumble a lot, but you know how small you are. And yet you still struggle to reach heights greater than you can imagine.”
“Maybe you are right. Where did I come from and where will I go? When I die? Maybe all this time that is what I wanted: the freedom to find out.”
“You think surrendering, and offering yourself will stop the war? How arrogant. The life of each human is worth one, that's it. Nothing more, nothing less.”
“If the ways of this world are based on equivalent exchange, as alchemy says, then in order to allow for a new generation to enjoy good fortune, the price that we must pay, is to carry the bodies of the dead across a river of blood.”