“Humans are easily tempted. When they are poised on the edge of hellish despair, and a spider-thin thread of salvation presents itself, they will invariably grasp it. No matter the human.”
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“Humans are easily tempted. When they are poised on the edge of hellish despair, and a spider-thin thread of salvation presents itself, they will invariably grasp it. No matter the human.”
“Are you afraid of other people? I know that by keeping others at a distance you avoid a betrayal of your trust, but you must endure the loneliness. Man can never completely erase this sadness, because all men are fundamentally alone. Pain is something man must carry in his heart, and since the heart feels pain so easily, some believe that life is pain.”
“It's not about doing what it takes to win. Sei-chan told me before "Winning is just like breathing". Victory isn't something that Sei-chan seeks. It's a natural part of his life. It's a basic bodily function.”
“You were ready to kill another creature, yet you’re scared of being killed yourself. Don’t you think that is strange? When you point a gun at a living thing… this is what that act means.”
“The truth has power because it's the truth. And because it is the truth, that makes it just. It's persuasive, isn't it? Don't you want truth like that?”
“No matter where you go, everyone's connected.”
“It is meaningless to distinguish between the beautiful and the ugly, or between the talented and the ordinary. Every human struggles to survive.”
“I lie all the time. Who cares if you know something, but you say you don't? Forcing something out of someone without permission is worse.”
“There's nothing known for certain. Adolescence is like that anyway. It's like a train ride with no destination and nobody. There's no destination and outside everything is flashing by so you can't see anything.”
“Necessity knows no law!”
“I don’t know everything, I just know what I know.”
“It’s unbearable to die hating someone.”
“I guess not knowing someone doesn't mean you don't understand them.”
“Being too rigid makes you fragile. You'll end up breaking yourself and those around you.”
“Getting close to someone half-heartedly can cause you suffering.”
“Hidden in truths lie lies, hidden in lies hides the truth.”
“Romance is like an extra in life. I don't mind having it, but I'm not in the mood to chase it.”
“Sometimes life is like jazz, and goes in an unexpected direction...”
“Humans cannot create anything out of nothingness. Humans cannot accomplish anything without holding onto something. After all, humans are not gods.”
“Every society places the world in order, by the concept of opposites: inside and outside, religious and secular, celestial and worldly. The opposing concepts organize the world as it is today, but none of those can be distinctly separated. There is always a grey area where it is ambiguous.”