Ai Yazawa

“Don't just give up, Hachiko. Life is about getting knocked down over and over, but still getting up each time. If you keep getting up, you win.”

“If you're that obsessed with someone, why would you kill her?Humans are full of contradictions.”

“So you have to accept facts as fact.”

“Hey, Nana...people's feelings change easily...what you see is a house of cards...nothing's sure, and nothing lasts forever.”

“In the world of art, all things are possible.--George from Paradise Kiss”

“But even when the moon looks like it's waning...it's actually never changing shape. Don't ever forget that.”

“Even if you fulfill your hearts desire, by sacrificing something important, you may not necessarily be happy. Happiness doesn’t come in one form, it determined by your own heart.”

“For us who choose our dreams over our love the only thing we can do for love is perhaps to release the lock around our necks. Through that, the pain may vanish.”

“Sometimes isn’t it better to have some time and space to ourselves? We will have new perception of things.”

“The more my dream are fulfilled the quicklier they become realities losing their shine.”

“I am glad I met you and I am glad to say that.”

“Are you living everyday so that even if the end were to come you’d have to regrets?”

“People’s feelings are easily swayed. The things reflected in people’s eyes are full of deception. Nothing is as it appears.”

“It takes a lot of strength to hold onto and care for the things we love, so why is it that god seems to have made humans unable to conjure up that degree of power and love?”

“To love someone, why do you need society's approval and permission?”

“We are all farsighted, we give importance to those things that are far from us, while neglecting the things that are close to us... only to realize their value later when they are out-of-reach again...”

“People can have lovers, they can have friends, they can be together. But when you think about it, you'll see that originally... we're alone.”

“I am pissed off at your insensitive inability to understand why I'm pissed off in the first place.”

“Nana... How come being happy and making your dreams come true are two different things? Even now, I still don't know why...”

“I don't care if I'm loved back, I still want to love someone.Someone, from the bottom of my heart...Straightforward, unwavering...It seems like such a simple thing, so then why.......Must it be so incredibly hard?”

“You know Hachi, your life depends only on ourselves. I’m still convinced about this… But I’ve also learned to accept that people… don’t all become as strong, and it made me kinder than before.”

“The dreams we are chasing and the reality that is chasing us are always parallel; they never meet.”

“The flow of time cleanses the past and heals the wounds in people's hearts. But there are wounds we cant speak of.”

“You know Nana, I searched and searched, but could never find the key that unlocked the way. And now that I've stopped looking, I've finally found it. Maybe the door will open for me.”

“The table was her stage. The mobile phone was the microphone. And the new moon was the spotlight. That kind of magic only Nana could make it happen.”

“I might cry tomorrow, but I may be smiling the day after. That's enough. That's the way life is. If I don't lose hope - tomorrow will come.Tomorrow will come if we don't lose hope... I learned that from Nana.But rainy days still make my cheeks wet with tears, even now. It was pouring, on that rainy day.”

“Forgetting about our mistakes and our wounds isn't enough to make them disappear.”

“Even now, sometimes on street corners... when I meet someone, I see your shadow. I'm sure that even now, you're still wearing that man's cologne... so you can sleep, even alone...”

“People can't be just tied together. They have to connect. Otherwise, they'll find themselves bound hand and foot.”

“When dawn comes, that memory gradually distances...Tonight, I will bring it to sleep with me, so that will not be taken away by the waves of the night...”

“I always thought that life was about standing your ground, no matter how strong the current was. But going with the flow isn't so bad after all. As long as it takes you forward.”

“Trapnest means “The Trapped Den” Once we enter it, we can’t get out by our own means I thought that that name could only come from a man who love having power over other. ”

“Many things happened in my life, and I thought that they changed me. But in the end, nothing has changed since I was seventeen. If I could keep today’s happiness I wouldn’t worry about tomorrow. ”

“Why... is human desire so unsatisfying?”

“If my tears spilled spontaneously at that moment it’s because I immediately understood that what was happening, like in a dream, was the treat you had prepared for me I felt your friendship much stronger than if you had thanked me a million times that what pleased and touched me.”

“The longer we live, the more weight we carry in our hearts.”

“They say that only very good friends quarrel. But at the end of the day a quarrel is a fight between two people’s egos. Since people cannot understand each other by just being honest. May be its impossible to live your whole life without getting hurt but don’t hurt the people close to you.”

“I want to be spoiled like a child. Cry to my heart's content. But I can only suppress my feelings...”

“I’m lucky that I’m afraid of losing something.”

“I don't think avoiding conflict is not caring.~Shin”

“If you don't fight for him, you lose! Fight for him!~Nana Osaki”

“I feel the same way about all my friends. To me, the exact relationship between me and someone else doesn't matter much.But people want to label everything...so I guess I seem indifferent in that way.---Yasu”

“In this sleepless night, as the darkness advances, look up at the sky and somehow remember that somewhere in this wide world, there are always people who love you, and people who need you. Because every person can't go on living alone.”

“Even if you fall on the runway, I wouldn't blame you. It would mean that we made a mistake in choosing you.”

“In this world, not everything will be won by justice. If you want to win, you have to learn how to cheat. (Nana)”

“I'll make you so in love with me, that everytime our lips touch, you'll die a little death.”