“Oh, I almost forgot. In the event that anyone besides big-headed Near or the deluded murderer is reading these notes, then I should at least perform the basic courtesy of introducing myself, here at the end of the prologue. I am your narrator, your navigator, your storyteller. For anyone else but those two, my identity may be of no interest, but I am the old world's runner-up, the best dresser that died like a dog, Mihael Keehl. I once called myself Mello and was addressed by that name, but that was a long time ago.”
“If you've decided that you can't do it even before you act, you have already made it into something impossible.”
“Even if we know each other, understanding each other is another matter.”
“It takes more courage to speak the truth than it does to wield a sword.”
“Manipulating the pieces according to your strategy... That is what defines a King.”
“There is no heaven or hell. No matter what you do while you're alive, everybody goes to the same place once you die. Death is Equal.”
“From the past... I always wanted to ask. God, why... Are you so unfair and extremely cruel? Why do you separate those who can fly... And those who cannot and bring them into existence? Why, in this one world... You made the effort to divide them into two and bring them together? In reality everyone was born with wings!.. Why didn't I realize that until now? It's not that those who can fly are able to fly, but that those who think of flying... Those who believe they can fly are the ones who can fly.”
“You cannot understand that which you do not know, and that misunderstanding breeds hatred.”
“*to Naruto* Lord Jiraiya only had praise for you. He was always boasting about you, saying you were like his own grandchild. He had faith that you were the one who would inherit his will, and truly believed that you would one day be a great Hokage. Lord Jiraiya will always watch over you. Even this very minute, he's watching from somewhere. He wouldn't be happy seeing you sad like this. So...be your usual self, the one he praised so much. Don't stay depressed forever. For Lord Jiraiya himself, one of the Legendary Sannin...acknowledged you as his promising student!”
“No matter what kind of 'strength' you possess. There are places you can never reach no matter how hard you try. The farther it is... The higher it is...”
“Our differences are what let us understand each other. We've worked together to come this far, there are no doubts or regret anymore. I'll overcome this fight and prove that even we can come to an understanding.”
“This is exactly why I detest adults! You always have such a parochial approach, always trying to force the rules of your petty world onto others!”
“Sure, it might be warm and comfortable in there... not only safe and sound, but I get all the meals too! But I'd rather be out than be trapped inside this bird cage of yours.”
“Life eventually ends. But that doesn't mean that the fact that we met, or the time we spent together will disappear.”
“If you don't want to be taken from, stop taking.”
“Why is it that making our dreams come true, and being truly happy are often two separate things?.. I still haven't figured that one out.”