A different species a different set of values a world completely unlike your own. There is a feeling you can only get when you meet the unknown and open your mind. - Nakajima (Gin no Saji)

Even when our eyes are closed, there's a whole world that exists outside ourselves and our dreams.

I draw manga, therefore I am!

To obtain something, something of equal value must be given.

Nothing's perfect, the world's not perfect. But it's there for us, trying the best it can; that's what makes it so damn beautiful.

Greed may not be good, but it’s not so bad either. You humans think greed is just for money or power, but everyone wants something they can’t have.

It's a cruel and random world, but the chaos is all so beautiful.

What, exactly, is the happiness that can be earned by turning away from reality?

Stand up and walk. Keep moving forward. You've got two good legs. So get up and use them. You're strong enough to make your own path.

Greed (as Ling): You humans always get all "holier-than-thou" when it comes to this stuff... I really don't get you. Edward: It's called having integrity. You should try it sometime

Well, it's like that myth about the hero. He made wings out of wax so he could fly, but when he got too close to the Sun, to God, the wax melted and he crashed to the ground.

If for some reason we get separated, I want you to wait for me. I’ll find you, I promise. - Gabriel Emerson

A faithful dependent, I overlook his folly.

Look at that moon. Potato weather for sure.

suffering sweetens the reward

We shall have to pass through many a valley, many a narrow defile. Many will grow tired on the way. Of course they will mostly be those who have no reason to do so.

They wouldn't listen to the fact that I was genius.

Don't worry about your father. He's a perfectly contented, self-sufficient zombie.

I believe in what Max Muller said years ago, namely, that truth needed to be repeated as long as there were men who disbelieved it.

Interviews can be stimulating. It depends on the intelligence of the interviewer.

Masterly retreat is in itself a victory.