Nanas hold a special place in our hearts, often offering wisdom, love, and encouragement that stays with us for a lifetime. Whether you’re looking for comforting words or a little inspiration, these 42 carefully selected Nana quotes capture the warmth and strength that make grandmothers so unforgettable. Explore these heartfelt messages and let their timeless advice brighten your day.
1. “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” - Ai Yazawa
2. “I want to be spoiled like a child. Cry to my heart's content. But I can only suppress my feelings...” - Ai Yazawa
3. “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.” - Ai Yazawa
4. “The longer we live, the more weight we carry in our hearts.” - Ai Yazawa
5. “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.” - Ai Yazawa
6. “Why... is human desire so unsatisfying?” - Ai Yazawa
7. “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. ” - Ai Yazawa
8. “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. ” - Ai Yazawa
9. “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.” - Ai Yazawa
10. “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...” - Ai Yazawa
11. “People can't be just tied together. They have to connect. Otherwise, they'll find themselves bound hand and foot.” - Ai Yazawa
12. “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...” - Ai Yazawa
13. “Forgetting about our mistakes and our wounds isn't enough to make them disappear.” - Ai Yazawa
14. “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.” - Ai Yazawa
15. “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.” - Ai Yazawa
16. “The flow of time cleanses the past and heals the wounds in people's hearts. But there are wounds we cant speak of.” - Ai Yazawa
17. “The dreams we are chasing and the reality that is chasing us are always parallel; they never meet.” - Ai Yazawa
18. “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.” - Ai Yazawa
19. “Nana... How come being happy and making your dreams come true are two different things? Even now, I still don't know why...” - Ai Yazawa
20. “I am pissed off at your insensitive inability to understand why I'm pissed off in the first place.” - Ai Yazawa
21. “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.” - Ai Yazawa
22. “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?” - Ai Yazawa
23. “People’s feelings are easily swayed. The things reflected in people’s eyes are full of deception. Nothing is as it appears.” - Ai Yazawa
24. “Are you living everyday so that even if the end were to come you’d have to regrets?” - Ai Yazawa
25. “The more my dream are fulfilled the quicklier they become realities losing their shine.” - Ai Yazawa
26. “Sometimes isn’t it better to have some time and space to ourselves? We will have new perception of things.” - Ai Yazawa
27. “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.” - Ai Yazawa
28. “But even when the moon looks like it's waning...it's actually never changing shape. Don't ever forget that.” - Ai Yazawa
29. “I’m all you have in this world Mariam, and when I’m gone you’ll have nothing. You ARE nothing!” - Khaled Hosseini
30. “I’ll die if you go. The Jinn will come, and I’ll have one of my fits. You’ll see, I’ll swallow my tongue and die. Don’t leave me, Mariam jo. Please stay. I’ll die if you go.” - Khaled Hosseini
31. “So you have to accept facts as fact.” - Ai Yazawa
32. “If you're that obsessed with someone, why would you kill her?Humans are full of contradictions.” - Ai Yazawa
33. “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.” - Ai Yazawa
34. “You were a stray cat, strutting so free and full of pride. But I could see your open wound. And without really thinking I just chalked it up to another cool thing about you. I never realized how much you hurt.” - Ai Yazawa
35. “The things that stress me out haven't changed.But I don't wanna lose anything.So I thought that at least I would change.I'm lucky...that I'm afraid of losing something.” - Ai Yazawa
36. “What people consider precious is different for everybody.” - Ai Yazawa
37. “I have the right to be hated.(Takumi)” - Ai Yazawa
38. “Being alone and being lonely are two different things.” - Ai Yazawa
39. “People are only what they think of themselves.” - Ai Yazawa
40. “Mrs. Darling loved to have everything just so, and Mr. Darling had a passion for being exactly like his neighbours; so, of course, they had a nurse. As they were poor, owing to the amount of milk the children drank, this nurse was a prim Newfoundland dog, called Nana, who had belonged to no one in particular until the Darlings engaged her. She had always thought children important, however, and the Darlings had become acquainted with her in Kensington Gardens, where she spent most of her spare time peeping into perambulators, and was much hated by careless nursemaids, whom she followed to their homes and complained of to their mistresses. She proved to be quite a treasure of a nurse.” - J.M. Barrie
41. “I'll be with my sister. And believe it or not, she has a phone and everything. She stopped using smoke signals last year." - Nana” - Nicholas Sparks
42. “Say, Nana... You look like stray cat, wild and proud. But I can see the wound in your heart. At the time I just thought it was cool. I never realized how hurt you were.” - Ai Yazawa
