“Whether a fish lives in a clear stream or a water ditch, so long as it continues swimming forward, it will grow up beautifully.”
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“Whether a fish lives in a clear stream or a water ditch, so long as it continues swimming forward, it will grow up beautifully.”
“People can only truly understand things that they've actually experienced.”
“This is something my master used to say. "Kids who are too obedient and never think of themselves are the hardest to watch."”
“When cats are near death, they leave their owner's side, right? I'm sure that's exactly how I feel. I want to disappear while they can think, "What a noisy, stupid girl she was, I wonder if she's doing okay."”
“At that point in my life, I couldn't find any value in anything. I was a brat who may as well be dead.”
“Sometimes living can be hard! But it's only because we're alive that we can make each other laugh, cry, and be happy!”
“Human beings don't feel pain with their bodies. The brain is the thing that transmits the pain to the body.”
“This is the law of conservation of mass. Somebody's "happiness" is somebody else's "unhappiness". That's why I tried to be a "rubbish bin" for those guys who played othello on my back using white and black thumbtacks. My crying and screaming meant something, 'cause they were laughing... But I was wrong. It doesn't make sense, does it? If I enjoy being unhappy, that "happiness" will make someone else "unhappy"!”
“Maybe everything you wish for won't become stars, but if you have a dream to believe in, they'll be thousands of the most glittering jewels in the night sky.”
“In this world, there is only good and evil, that was the first universal truths I grasped from observing the world around me when I was a child. Every human being without exception ends up falling into one category or the other.”
“There is strength in words... Sometimes, they become words of power. I thought that if I said I'm fine, then I really would be fine. But it's no use... It doesn't work.”
“Because of our weakness, we trained our eyes, ears and the ability to think. Learning how to survive, that's our trait as humans! The human species can't use magic and can't even perceive it—but because we are weak, we have the wisdom to run away from magic and the intelligence to see through it! We don't have any extraordinary senses. But because we are weak, by learning and gaining experience, we gained the wisdom to achieve the unachievable—to predict the future...Rejoice! We are humans; we are the most talented people! Precisely because we were born without any ability, we can achieve anything. This is the will of the weakest race!”
“Over the course of several hundred years, I've seen many ages end, conflict between people, hatred, wicked hearts. I always have hope that the new age will purify all of that. How many times has it happened? People repeat themselves. They commit the same mistakes, over and over.... They haven't survived, not in true sense. The precious race called people has become extinct.”
“Girls are more fragile than you think. They can be hurt by the smallest things.”
“I’m a complete failure. At everything I do, I’m absolutely worthless. I know this, and yet I continue to burden the human race with my presence. Every day I rob the world of valuable air by breathing. I’m a thief, and I hate myself for it. I don’t deserve to exist. But even though I know it’s the right thing to do, I’m such a useless coward. I don’t even have the courage to jump!”
“I'm not afraid of the times I can't see him. When I feel pain in my chest, my song grows... The scenery feels closer. The next time I see you... I will, once again, fall in love.”
“Watching messy troubles from the sidelines is a hobby of mine.”
“The fun things, the painful things, the things that happened, the things we've cried about, the things we've smiled about, when we remember them, everything will be glittering.”
“Even if you lovingly collect every last piece of a shattered cup, pieces are still pieces. Once something breaks, it can never return.”
“What you learn at your school is more important than where you go to school.”