“That's not exactly right. If you had to sacrifice many things to protect one, you're more likely to give up and throw it away. Including relationships you have in your hand now.”
“Does the world hate me or something? I've always rejected it in an exceedingly friendly manner.”
“Most non-NEET people in the world don't realize that human nature isn't scalar, but vectorial.”
“Tell me, what do you think is the ultimate fear? I really thought I'd already reached the darkest of the dark, but then, ahead of me, I beheld a darkness even greater still.”
“When you love someone, sometimes your head hurts. And it's so agonizing that you want to burst into tears. But even the smallest thing can bring you happiness. It's complicated, but simple. Perhaps all these emotions are irreplaceable and precious.”
“You'll never be able to move forward if you're afraid of soiling your hands.”
“Change can only arise from fluctuations, right? That's why going back and forth between confidence and weakness, if you're shifting then you're changing, I think. Like that, little by little, everyone is changing probably.”
“To reach the top we must crush their dreams and climb atop their shattered hopes. The will to win at any cost, to obliterate the enemy if necessary, without ambition there is no way to move up.”
“Why not just try hard again? Quit mopping around. Stop lying to yourself and try once more.”
“Question: Why can one keep living as a hikikomori? Answer: Because one's food, clothing and shelter are assured. It's because one is permitted a lukewarm bare minimum of a life that one can keep living as a hikikomori indefinitely. Being able to live as a hikikomori was in itself very much a luxury. Without the assurance of food, clothing and shelter, unless you're prepared to die, there's no other way but to work.”
“You can catch a mouse that's shut in a cage. However, catching a mouse in a field is like trying to catch a cloud.”
“Your happiness is your own business. Its a promise you make to yourself. It is a reward you give yourself for accomplishing what you set out to do, for achieving what you strive for. But if you fail to reward yourself for what you have accomplished, then you are essentially breaking a promise to yourself. Its like a breach of contract, compensation must always be made. You must pay all of the debts that you made, even to yourself.”
“If an angelic being fell from the sky and tried to live in this world of ours, I think even they would commit many wrongs.”
“In truth everyone gets their wings the day they are born, and if one has the courage to spread those wings, then he'll fly for sure”
“Even if you have two of the exact same person, they could change enormously depending on their upbringing.”
“No person can become a replacement for another. Not even the past version of themselves.”
“Don't be frightened by the waves. If we read the flow of the waves and accept them, we can overcome it. There's no wave that can't be overcome!!”
“Very funny. Carrots, peppers, and bugs! Everyone has something they don't like and I don't like bugs!”