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from various anime/manga

"The human spirit cannot be broken."
-Himura Kenshin (Rurouni Kenshin)

"In the end, each person belongs to themselves, and we're lucky we can be close to someone we can't be one with. It's impossible to think that someone belongs to us."
-Honjo Ren (NANA)

"There is no such thing as coincidence, only the inevitable."
-Ichihara Yuuko (xxxHOLiC)

"No feeling will come across to others if you don't put them into words."
-Daidouji Tomoyo (Cardcaptor Sakura)

"Don't ask for it; go win it on your own. Do that and you'll succeed."
-Adrock Thurston (Eureka Seven)

"Fight for those you have lost, and for those you don't want to lose."
-Clare (Claymore)

"If you're on your own, you have to be more alert! If you're not aware, then you might get tricked by other people! When you're with me, you can daydream as much as you like."
-Sohma Kyo (Fruits Basket)

"If you are living for everyone's sake, I will live on for your sake. That would be my blessing."
-Kamiya Kaoru (Rurouni Kenshin Seisouhen)

"Time and distance are but mere illusions that the bewildered human soul creates."
-Fudou Gen (Sousei no Aquarion)

"When people discover a fragment of their soul in another, they learn love. However, when they realize that it cannot be theirs, people learn jealousy."
-Fudou Gen (Sousei no Aquarion)

"As long as you use your brain, even if you eat sweets, you won't get fat."
-L Lawliet (Death Note)

"Living is a victory, dying is defeat. Living in peace, after having dominated your desires, is true happiness."
-Joe Lazzi (Gun x Sword)

"Huaaa. Now I have the joy of being able to wipe my buttocks with an ample supply of toilet paper."
-Wanya (Daa! Daa! Daa!)

"We're not out to kill you. We just want to hurt you, awaken you, and make friends."
-Riful (Claymore)

"Gluttony might bring great loss, but nothing comes out of abstinence either."
-Horo (Spice and Wolf)

"Males are all foolish, jealous creatures. And females are fools who are pleased by that. Anywhere you look, everyone's a fool anyway."
-Horo (Spice and Wolf)

"Even if you're kind to people, if your heart's not in the right place, you won't heal anyone."
-Ioryogi (Kobato.)

"It must be painful to want to help someone but not being able to do anything."
- Hanako Kobato (Kobato.)

"The Camellia flower, the flower with no scent. Also, while you don't pay attention, it quietly blossoms. It also withers in a miserable way, and it leaves an unpleasant feeling. I am Tsubaki, the flower with no scent."
-Nakatsukasa Tsubaki (Soul Eater)

Soul Eater Evans: "I'm sorry I was born."
Sid Barrett: "I'm sorry I came back to life." (Soul Eater)

"Yes I still have the fear within me. But I also have the courage to fight that fear."
-Maka Albarn (Soul Eater)

"If I think about it, maybe I actually died at the time, and only continued to live for this one moment."
-Jean (Claymore)

"What's the point of magic to begin with if I can't use it to protect my friends?"
-Lucy Heartfilia (Fairy Tail)

"To the gods of rice, and everyone on the production line, ITADAKIMASU!"
-Aisaka Taiga (Toradora!)

"We devote this to the diet warriors who perished with the star dust."
-Kushieda Minori (Toradora!)

"With all that waiting, do you think you're the faithful dog Hachiko?"
-Aisaka Taiga (Toradora!)

"A movie theater has a strange atmosphere. The image on the screen is illusionary. It's almost as if a man and a woman were forced to recognize each other."
-Morisato Keiichi (Ah! My Goddess)

"It's no fun riding a bicycle that you can never fall off of."
-Kawanishi Sentaro (Ah! My Goddess: Sorezore no Tsubasa)

Happy: "Natsu, if you stick your stomach out when lightning strikes, the god of lightning will take your belly button away!"
Natsu Dragneel: "But Happy, you don't have a belly button." (Fairy Tail)

"The arrogant cannot persevere, like a mid-spring night's dream. Eventually even the great fall, like dust in the wind."
-Nagakura Shinpachi, quoting the 'Heike Story' (Hakuouki Shinsengumi Kitan)

"It's not that I can't drink, I just choose not to."
-Hijikata Toshizo (Hakuouki Shinsengumi Kitan)

"I'm right here, and you're right there. If I'm your source of solace, then you're mine, too."
-Celty Sturluson (Durarara!!)

"The boy thought he was capable of doing anything after pulling off such a bold act. But little did he know how much courage it took to invite a girl in his class to hang out."
-Celty Sturluson (Durarara!!)

"30 seconds until boy meets girl. 35 seconds until the boy finds his best friend hitting on the girl. 45 seconds until the boy kicks away said best friend. 74 seconds until the girl rejects the boy's offer to go out for tea. 78 seconds until the girl invites the boy to eat lunch with her on the roof. How many seconds until the boy falls in love with the girl? How many seconds until the boy confesses his love to the girl?"
-Celty Sturluson (Durarara!!)

"Believing and honoring God, and living in gratitude and hope, how glorious. If you believe, I'm sure you'll grow taller!"
-Rose (Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood)

"You helped a woman give birth in Rush Valley, and saved her and her baby. You gave me an arm and leg so I could stand again. Your hands aren’t meant for killing people, they’re for helping them live."
-Edward Elric (Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood)

"People can only do so much in their lifetimes! They're lucky to even begin fulfilling their potential. But you can't do anything if you let yourself get sick. You have to eat right and sleep well, before you can help others!"
-Sumeragi Hokuto (Tokyo Babylon)

"Liking someone is a good thing, and so is doing your best to be liked in return. But if you don't care what you do or who you hurt for that purpose, that can't be called 'liking' anymore."
-Watanuki Kimihiro (xxxHOLiC)

"Changing people's hearts is truly a difficult thing. It is easier still to change your own heart."
-Watanuki Kimihiro. (xxxHOLiC)

"Hundredfold bravery! Thousandfold muscles!"
-Alex Louis Armstrong (Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood)

"Believe in yourselves. Isn't it enough to choose a way of life that doesn't give cause for shame?"
-Izumi Curtis (Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood)

"Love for the dead is pointless. We fight to keep them alive, that is all."
-Olivier Mira Armstrong (Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood)

"It's Equivalent Exchange! I'll give you half of my life, so give me half of yours!"
-Edward Elric (Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood)

"A lesson without pain is meaningless. That's because you cannot gain something without sacrificing something else in return. But, once you've withstood the pain and overcome it, you will gain a heart that is stronger than anything else. Yes. A Fullmetal heart."
-Edward Elric (Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood)

"Perhaps we are witnessing the evolution of the human stomach."
-Oshou Ingen (Samurai Champloo)

"The beauty of sake lies in its slight high."
-Ukon (Samurai Champloo)

"This world would be in darkness without a sense of duty."
-Kasumi Fuu (Samurai Champloo)

"Do you want to go to all the trouble of causing an uproar to expose the level of your idiocy? Try to moderate your self-importance."
-Jin (Samurai Champloo)

"Guilds, you see, they're a place where friends gather, where you can get work, and to kids with no place to go, they can be a home. They're not something you can own. A guild is the confidence and good will of each individual, and from them the tough bonds are formed."
-Makarov (Fairy Tail)

"You don't belong only to yourself, you know? There isn't anything in this world that belongs to only yourself. Everyone has connections to someone else and shares something with them through these. That is why you can never be free. That is also why it is amusing... sad... and dear.”
-Ichihara Yuuko (xxxHOLiC: Kei)

"For every confession that is made, there is someone who is rejected."
-Harima Kenji (School Rumble)

"I always thought that life was about standing on 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."
-Oosaki Nana (NANA)

"New eras don't come about because of swords, they're created by the people who wield them."
-Himura Kenshin (Rurouni Kenshin)

“We just witnessed a classic example of what I call misdirected rage. I believe the technical term is being an ass.”
-Sohma Shigure (Fruits Basket)

"Watch me L, I'll write equations with my right hand, and names with my left. I'll take a potato chip... AND EAT IT!"
-Yagami Light (Death Note)

"If the king doesn't lead the charge, his men won't follow."
-Lelouch Lamperouge (Code Geass: Hangyaku no Lelouch)

"I love the rain. It feels as if it cleanses the whole world."
-Mizutani Aki (Boys Be...)

"It is a fact that humans exist to pursue happiness. All the wishes, concealing those yearning. They are born from despair."
-C.C. (Code Geass: Hangyaku no Lelouch)

"I'm not the one at fault, the world is."
-Lelouch Lamperouge (Code Geass: Hangyaku no Lelouch)

"You have the ability to make a difference, right? Then put those abilities to use."
-Mu La Flaga (Mobile Suit Gundam Seed)

"What the hell can you protect with just your feelings?!"
-Yamato Kira (Mobile Suit Gundam Seed)

"Injuries will heal, as long as we're alive."
-Allen Walker (D.Gray-man)

"My definition of alliance is when people's hearts connect. That's very similar to love, don't you think?"
-France (Hetalia Axis Powers)

"I just saw the moment when a person falls in love for the first time. Oh boy."
-Mayama Takumi (Honey and Clover)

"Hey, Yamada, how come you fell in love with a guy like me? You're precious to me. So I've been thinking that I needed to turn you down properly if you ever told me that you liked me. But, I thought that you'd go away somewhere if I turned you down."
-Mayama Takumi (Honey and Clover)

"Wanting to hear just those words, I put my hair up, chose my kimono, went through a heck of a time getting dressed, wore 'geta' that I'm not used to wearing, and got my heart pounding. All for those words from no one but you. I hoped that your heart would tilt just a little bit towards me."
-Yamada Ayumi (Honey and Clover)

"'Itadakimasu' conveys the life you are receiving. Whether that life is a plant or an animal, it is the same."
-Ichihara Yuuko (xxxHOLiC: Kei)

"If God has not forsaken us, He will send one of His servants to us."
-Froy Tiedoll (D.Gray-man)

"It's all right! You can do it, Ricchan! You're our president! You're an elder sister! Above all, you're a drummer!"
-Hirasawa Yui (K-ON!!)

"I don't know how to thank you. You saved my life, my nose, and my breasts!"
-Mimi (D.Gray-man)

"We don't fight just for the sake of it, nor do we live to continue fighting. I believe we fight because we have things that are precious to us."
-Fou (D.Gray-man)

"Strange. To begin with, all I ever intended was to use Priscilla to bring everything under my own control. And yet, somewhere during that time, watching Raki mature with Priscilla by his side, I actually found myself becoming contented with nothing more than the bare minimum of meals."
-Isley (Claymore)

"Ichi, ni, san, shi, GOHAN!"
-Hirasawa Yui (K-ON!!)

"Being with everybody like this, it's nice. It's been cold ever since this morning, but, I guess it's like being with you guys makes it feel like it's not cold at all."
-Nakano Azusa (K-ON!!)

"Hajime-san… doesn't say much but cares about others more than anyone."
-Yukimura Chizuru (Hakuouki)

"Do you choose to fight for temporary comrades?"
-Lavi (D.Gray-man)

"Have you lost your mind because your friends died, you moronic apprentice?!"
-Marian Cross (D.Gray-man)

"To heal everyone who was able to make it back, that is our pride."
-Head Nurse (D.Gray-man)

"I'm off, brother! So for now, please tell me 'have a nice time', so I can smile and say 'I'm home.'"
-Lenalee Lee (D.Gray-man)

"You're the kind of guy who'd keep walking alongside someone, fully aware that a cliff lies ahead."
-Taniguchi (Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu [2009])

"When you free your mind of its constraints, you'll awaken your subconscious potential and give birth to an amazing power!"
-Suzumiya Haruhi (Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu [2009])

"There's something wrong with people who seek reality in fiction."
-Kyon (Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu [2009])

"Very few can identify the beginning of love. When people become more than friends, but less than lovers, such an indefinable relationship changes slowly over time... like the changing of the seasons."
-Kanzaki Kyoichi (Boys Be...)

"If you're crying, fight against it! If you're regretting, walk forward! Only complaining on your own misfortune, you're nothing but a common pig!"
-Ciel Phantomhive (Kuroshitsuji II)

"Forsake the future, sacrifice your dreams, while stained with deep despair. Elude the past, fight the reality, and never relinquish your nobility."
-Sebastian Michaelis (Kuroshitsuji II)

"I cannot stay calm watching such a contest! I... I... am going to pick some flowers! [Note: A feminine, euphemistic expression for defecating, usually in the mountains while hiking.]"
-Aleister Chamber (Kuroshitsuji II)

"He knows blood, death, and darkness, yet the soul is pure, complete, and absolutely white!"
-Claude Faustus (Kuroshitsuji II)

"Live, and grab the future in front of you."
-Erza Scarlet (Fairy Tale)

"If you never want to be defeated, you must first know your own weaknesses."
-Erza Scarlet (Fairy Tale)

Anissina von Karbelnikoff: "Using a kiss to remove a curse was established during the age of legends."
Gwendal von Voltaire: "How... How... random." (Kyou kara Maou!)

"We should decide ourselves who we love. Love isn't a feeling that can be destroyed with punishment."
-Shibuya Yuuri (Kyou kara Maou!)

"There are times in a man's life when he must strip!"
-Gray Fullbuster (Fairy Tail)

"Bury the pain of losing your loved ones... into the arms of your friends."
-Erza Scarlet (Fairy Tail)

"So you're only a child when it's convenient, huh."
-Sebastian Michaelis (Kuroshitsuji)

"If you're really a man, use your eyes to relay your hidden feelings!"
-Elfman (Fairy Tail)

"A sword is nothing but a tool. The merit of that sword depends on how it is used."
-Conrad Weller (Kyou kara Maou!)

"I'm sorry... I'm abandoning my humanity."
-Clare (Claymore)

"If we have no other way to live, we will find one in hell."
-Deneve (Claymore)

"Without risking one's life, logic states that I will not be able to return an equal debt."
-Dietrich (Claymore)

"Even if you have the same attributes as I, you don't carry the same burdens!"
-Erza Scarlet (Fairy Tail)

"She was always smiling, no matter what. She was smiling until the very end. I'm sure that's the way she was. That's Lisanna! It's the sad times when she smiled even more! Isn't that what they call being a man?!"
-Natsu Dragneel (Fairy Tail)

"If you feel responsible, then you must gain strength yourself. A strength to bring peace and prosperity to the world."
-Anissina von Karbelnikoff (Kyou kara Maou!)

"Walk a straight path. May you be second to none in radiance! May you be the sun in everyone's lives!"
-Conrad Weller (Kyou kara Maou!)

"When will it reach you? This feeling I've felt from that day... This feeling that has grown so big."
-Kazehaya Shouta (Kimi ni Todoke Live Action)

"A pass, unless you seriously want it to reach the other person, won't be received by them properly."
-Kazehaya Shouta (Kimi ni Todoke Live Action)

"I can understand a bit how it feels to be used to being alone and being unable to understand your own feelings."
-Yano Ayane (Kimi ni Todoke Live Action)

"If you don't ask, you cannot understand another person's feelings."
-Yano Ayane (Kimi ni Todoke Live Action)

"When you chase after someone, you remember getting bombarded with lots of old wounds, right?"
-Karino Tadashi (Special A)

"'If you aren't interested, don't be so nice to me.' I can't say something cool like that. Still, even if he's not interested, I'll be happy if he's still nice to me. And I'll try even harder!"
-Koizumi Risa (Lovely Complex)

"So nice. Rejected by a pretty boy with a trembling voice and a blushing face. I could die from the anguish!"
-Ushikubo Sakura (Special A)

"Always playing the bad guy! Making it so that she doesn't have to worry any more! But, then who will worry for you?"
-Yamamoto Megumi (Special A)

"I don't want to be with a man who only knows how to run away!"
-Ushikubo Sakura (Special A)

"I've tirelessly told you that I love you all the time. Why would I get tired of it now?!"
-Ushikubo Sakura (Special A)

"There is no success before failure!"
-Hanazono Hikari (Special A)

"Everything we've learned in our lives has been learned by seeing with our eyes, hearing with our ears, and feeling with our blades. It's different from what you learned."
-Deneve (Claymore)

"Now that I've eaten, I'm all revved up!"
-Natsu Dragneel (Fairy Tail)

"I'll definitely come back. You'd better survive to meet me again. So believe in me, wait for me, and live on."
-Hijikata Toshizou (Hakuouki: Hekketsuroku)

"You can always throw your life away! But you'll die in vain if you mistake when to do so!"
-Hajime Saitou (Hakuouki: Hekketsuroku)

"Even if we are far apart, our hearts are united under our banner."
-Hijikata Toshizou (Hakuouki: Hekketsuroku)

"To deceive the enemy, you must first deceive your allies."
-Sannan Keisuke (Hakuouki: Hekketsuroku)

"I didn't stay with him just because I wanted him to protect me. I wanted to be with Hijikata-san, so I never left his side."
-Yukimura Chizuru (Hakuouki: Hekketsuroku)

"I've learned something since you left my side. Without you there, merely standing on my own felt painful."
-Hijikata Toshizou (Hakuouki: Hekketsuroku)

Hijikata Toshizou: "Who could possibly want to make the woman they love suffer? Try to understand!"
Yukimura Chizuru: "I don't want to see the one I love in pain either." (Hakuouki: Hekketsuroku)

"When you want to cry over anything, please let me know. I will hug you for being you."
-Louise Françoise Le Blanc de La Vallière (Zero no Tsukaima)

"Those who use magic aren't real aristocrats. It's those who don't run away that truly earn the title."
-Louise Françoise Le Blanc de La Vallière (Zero no Tsukaima)

"If you want to see me again, be good and wait for me!"
-Louise Françoise Le Blanc de La Vallière (Zero no Tsukaima: Futatsuki no Kishi)

"Dying for your comrades is something to be proud of."
-Louise Françoise Le Blanc de La Vallière (Zero no Tsukaima: Futatsuki no Kishi)

"I am trying so hard just to see that smile again."
-Hiraga Saito (Zero no Tsukaima: Princess no Rondo)

"Don't get arrogant just because your breasts are big!"
-Louise Françoise Le Blanc de La Vallière (Zero no Tsukaima: Princess no Rondo)

"Is it wrong... to have feelings for an illusion?"
-Kurahashi Eiri (Le Portrait de Petit Cossette)

"You must not fear the occult. The truth lies in that from which we avert our eyes."
-Principal Kumashiro Jun'ichiro (Seikimatsu Occult Gakuin)

"What's important are the things you can't see with your eyes. It can be found in a single rose or a small bit of water. But you can't see it with your eyes. You need to see it with your heart."
-Naruse Kozue, quoting "The Little Prince" (Seikimatsu Occult Gakuin)

"I'll be waiting in the future."
-Mamiya Chiaki (Toki wo Kakeru Shoujo)

"Time waits for no one."
-Mamiya Chiaki (Toki wo Kakeru Shoujo)

"If you're going to say he's refreshing... he is 100% refreshing! Rather, it's more like he's made out of cheerfulness."
-Kuronuma Sawako (Kimi ni Todoke)

"When you talk properly, you get your feelings across properly, right?"
-Kuronuma Sawako (Kimi ni Todoke)

"Putting all the blame on someone else isn't going to solve anything. How hard have 'you' tried?"
-Arai Kazuichi "Pin" (Kimi ni Todoke)

"Dreams start by believing."
-Suzumiya Haruhi (Suzumiya Haruhi No Shoushitsu)

"I just can't forget what it was like when it was just the two of us. It'd be greedy to want more of that, wouldn't it?"
-Kuronuma Sawako (Kimi ni Todoke Season 2)

"He's the one person whose eyes I can never meet."
-Kuronuma Sawako (Kimi ni Todoke Season 2)

"His back, how he looks when he blushes, when he's anxious, when he's angry, when he's serious, when he's sad, when he has a big sparkling smile on his face... If I told him I wanted all of that, what sort of face would he make then?
-Kuronuma Sawako (Kimi ni Todoke Season 2)

"There's nothing wrong with still having feelings for him. There's nothing wrong with it, but there's nothing noble about an unrequited love either."
-Yoshida Chizuru (Kimi ni Todoke Season 2)

"Pity? If I had enough of that to give to you, then I'd put it over rice for dinner."
-Sakata Gintoki (Gintama)

"Humans, they feel their existence when they are surrounded by others."
-Ebina (Gintama)

Kagura: "Save me! 'Health'... 'Health' me!!"
Shimura Shinpachi: "GYAAA!! 'Herpes'... 'Herpes' me!!" (Gintama)

"A girl in love is the same as a wild boar. She's only looking ahead."
-Sakata Gintoki (Gintama)

"I don't really get the little things, but if you have caring parents, what more could you need? ...Ironic, isn't it? How people without truly important things know about them more than those who have them."
-Sakata Gintoki (Gintama)

"Asses, you see, are the remaining proof that humans were once angels. They used to be wings."
-Shimura Otae (Gintama)

"Living without protecting what needs to be protected is the same as death. That is, the death of one's will. The death of one's soul."
-Tama (Gintama)

"A real man is one who prepares himself for death every morning during breakfast."
-Katsura Kotarou (Gintama)

"You can slash away at any number of men, but you can never betray a girl's innocence."
-Sakata Gintoki (Gintama)

"Why did you wait hundreds and thousands of years for that man? Why is it, among the hundreds and thousands of times you've heard those words, only his are the ones you can't forget?
-Sakata Gintoki (Gintama)

"Trying to shoulder the burden all by yourself? Don't be such a stranger. Weep and ask for help. Lean on me with your runny nose. Cry when you feel like crying. Laugh when you feel like laughing. When you're tearing up with an ugly face, I'll give you a good cry with an uglier face. When you're laughing so hard your stomach hurts, I'll laugh in a louder voice. That's how it should be. It's far better to get dirty while living true to yourself than to throw away yourself and die a clean death."
-Sakata Gintoki (Gintama)

"With a planet this large, we have no definite way to measure the distance between each person. There is clearly 60 billion people, yet everyone is still very alone. Everyone is desperately seeking... for that other person that does not need distance."
-Ichinomiya Kou (Arakawa Under the Bridge)

"What sound will my free-falling heart make when it shatters in those depths?"
-Ichinomiya Kou (Arakawa Under the Bridge x Bridge)

"Even had I stared, I would only have been blinded by your radiance."
-Ichinomiya Kou (Arakawa Under the Bridge x Bridge)

"Unluckily, you were fallen for by a crazy virgin so starved for love that she'd fall for anyone who showed a little kindness. ...If you tell me you want to think about it like a coward, I'm gonna despise you, Araragi-kun. You shouldn't make women feel embarrassed."
-Senjougahara Hitagi (Bakemonogatari)

"Curses, like chickens, come home to roost."
-Oshino Meme (Bakemonogatari)

"I think the six years during junior high and high school are more important than decades in your old age. Instead of entering a good university, finding good friends seems to be much more worthwhile to me."
-Onizuka Eikichi (Great Teacher Onizuka)

"High school boys... whether they like the girl or not, if they're confessed to, they'll think about the girl for the whole day!"
-Arai Kazuichi "Pin" (Kimi ni Todoke)

"A brat who is afraid to be hurt isn't qualified to love someone."
-Onizuka Eikichi (Great Teacher Onizuka)

"I didn't start liking Tooru just to be rejected!"
-Yoshida Chizuru (Kimi ni Todoke)

"If a girl who doesn't socialize with others receives that intense glance after such a friendly greeting and smile... It's probably a continuous roller coaster of getting your hopes up and then realizing the sad truth. What a cruel guy. "
-Miura Kento (Kimi ni Todoke)

"Our feelings are making the world change."
-Happy (Fairy Tail)

"For your accursed 'eternity', how many sacrifices have you made in your 'now'?"
-Erza Scarlet (Fairy Tail)

"There is no need to have change so immediately. You should proceed nice and slowly. Even if it's a walking pace, people can still take that first step. That step towards their future."
-Panther Lily (Fairy Tail)

"Hey, Yano-chin. Use your kindness on a decent guy from now on."
-Yoshida Chizuru (Kimi ni Todoke)

"I'll always recognize a girl, once I love her, no matter how she's changed!"
-Carrot Glace (Bakuretsu Hunters)

"Now I know that if I ignore how people look at me, I can go even further. I'm going to keep going, even if I have to run naked!"
-Leorio Paladiknight (Hunter x Hunter)

"I will supplement my lost sword with my pride!"
-Kurapika (Hunter x Hunter)

"Love and selfishness kinda go hand in hand, don't they?"
-Sagara Sanosuke (Rurouni Kenshin)

"Survival of the fittest; the strong shall live and the weak shall die."
-Makoto Shishio (Rurouni Kenshin)

"Seeing people work so hard for love, for confessing, I can't help but wonder if I could do that, too."
-Yano Ayane (Kimi ni Todoke)

"Compared to language, an individual's heartbeat is far more reliable."
-Senritsu (Hunter X Hunter)

"If there isn't a stairway going up, never go down."
-Dalzollene (Hunter X Hunter)

"Because our relationship is very precious, it's agonizing."
-Yoshida Chizuru (Kimi ni Todoke)

"The time that you've been alive is too short. Make friends, talk to your comrades, even if your remaining life isn't going to be all that long, use that time to laugh and cry as much as you can! Each and every one of those memories will give meaning to your having been alive."
-Audrey (Claymore)

"I'm afraid that when I'll see her, I'll want to keep living."
-Yuu (Watashitachi no Shiawase na Jikan)

"Everyone sit back and eat a fish, 'cause this'll be a piece of steak!"
-Happy (Fairy Tail)

"Being a skilled warrior is not enough to become a hunter. Gathering intelligence is our true strength."
-Jin (Seirei no Moribito)

"Mistakes are not shackles that halt one from stepping forward. Rather, they are that which sustain and grow one's heart."
-Mavis Vermilion (Fairy Tail)

"A man who can't be nice to women is a waste of space."
-Rikugo Tokidoki (Amatsuki)

"To the east, if they lose in love, I shall get them to run with me. To the west, if they fail entrance exams I shall get them to run with me. To the south, if they go astray, I shall get them to run with me. To the north, if they are troubled I must get them to run with me."
-Higuma Torajirou (Ranma 1/2)

"Don't cry over what is gone, smile over what is left behind."
-Miyagusuku George (Blood+)

"I will always remember the moment he let me into his world. It was probably the first time I have leaped over and left behind my wall of reasoning."
-Sengenji Akiko (Bokura ga Ita)

"Even if it was out of 'pity', or sympathy... even if it was on a whim, please... don't pretend it didn't happen. Don't deny my existence."
-Yamamoto Yuuri (Bokura ga Ita)

"That's why I love humans. Every so often you find one who tries to understand you."
-Felicia (Vampire Hunter)

"Life is fleeting, but death is eternal."
-Loke (Fairy Tail)

"If it were me, I would never leave a woman who looks at me so intently. If someone were to look at me with eyes like yours, I would cut off their legs so they could never leave me. I would swear to cut my heart out if I ever found another woman."
-Blood Dupre (Heart no Kuni no Alice: Wonderful Wonder World)

"Happy? It's not as perfect as when you were with me."
-Takahashi Nanami (Bokura ga Ita)

"Man, it's been a while since the last time I was pissed off this badly. Wipe your ass with that 'calm down!'"
-Suguro Ryuuji (Ao no Exorcist)

Yano Motoharu: "Shall we hold hands? Shall we make memories?"
Takahashi Nanami: "You say some pretty brutal things, don't you?"
(Bokura ga Ita)

"I wouldn't like it if I couldn't see you anymore. I'll try not to die from now on."
-Boris Airay (Heart no Kuni no Alice: Wonderful Wonder World)

"Fairy tales bring out the ironies that are often neglected by the adults using simple and easily understood words."
-Komaki Mikihisa (Toshokan Sensou)

"There's nothing unnatural about dying or being killed. It's better than living with no purpose."
-Kiba (Wolf's Rain)

"No one who fights as a warrior would be so selfish as to demand that you save her life when you've already saved her as a human being."
-Deneve (Claymore)

"Pay attention, you brats! This is crucial knowledge for History! Even so, this isn't necessary for you to have a normal life. But knowing this material will give you a slight advantage. Knowledge works as such."
-Mr. Rascal (Akazukin Chacha OVA)

"What's wrong with change? That's our Fairy Tail! We ain't a living corpse like you! We live our lives by putting everything on the line, bastard! If you don't have the courage to change, then just stop right there!"
-Natsu Dragneel (Fairy Tail)

"Sorry, but it seems I can't accept your request. Brad knows about love. That's enough for him to live on as a human. I only get rid of devils."
-Dante (Devil May Cry)

"Basically, people with something to protect are strong."
-Yasuri Shichika (Katanagatari)

"I'm not so cruel as to give a rejected man false hopes."
-Togame (Katanagatari)

"I've experienced many things as a ninja, but I've never died yet."
-Maniwa Kawauso (Katanagatari)

"I was never qualified to hold you."
-Togame (Katanagatari)

"This is what you've done to Takahashi. You've abandoned her, in the same way that I threw away that expensive ring [into the ocean]. Can you not see... that Takahashi is drowning?"
-Takeuchi Masafumi (Bokura ga Ita)

"Someone you love, someone that wants to be near you... If they have someone like that, a person would think, 'I'm glad I was born.'"
-Sakura Mikan (Gakuen Alice)

"I should've wished for my breasts to grow bigger. Why did I wish for world peace?!"
-Bessho Koyoi (Hatsukoi Limited)

"One who ignores trifling matters will achieve nothing grand."
-Takeda Shingen (Sengoku Basara)

"The things you hold dear may be your weakness. But they are the things which make people truly strong!"
-Maeda Keiji (Sengoku Basara II)

"To worship a feral monkey drunk with power is the pinnacle of folly!"
-Oda Nobunaga (Sengoku Basara: The Last Party)

"She could have followed him back then. Still, instead of being happy as a woman, she chose her pride. So she wants to make it as a musician and be better than Ren and Trapnest one day."
-Terashima Nobuo (Nana)

"Because he hates vegetables and only eats instant food, he has an exceedingly ghastly face that looks like it came from the dark side of the moon."
-Watashi (Yojouhan Shinwa Taikei)

"It's inexcusable to momentarily lust after someone just because you're lonely!"
-Watashi (Yojouhan Shinwa Taikei)

"At that point her expression, which was like some European fortress city, relaxed into a smile, and that smile has made an impression that has never left my mind. In short, frankly, to put it plainly, honestly, saying it without any reservation, at that moment... I fell head over heels for her."
-Watashi (Yojouhan Shinwa Taikei)

"All it takes is some shifty information or a convenient rumor, and the careless masses will change their opinions just because they can."
-Morimi Saki (Higashi no Eden)

"People are funny. Even a five-year-old knows how to spend money, but there's plenty of adults who don't know how to earn it. They feel better handing over money than bowing their head and taking it. They go on and on about how the customer's always right, always the winner, but isn't that supposed to be how the seller feels, not them? If everyone's spending, who's left to provide the service? I think a society where people prefer earning to spending is a healthier one."
-Takizawa Akira (Higashi no Eden: Gekijouban II Paradise Lost)

"My hands are so small. If I am given this much happiness, it's going to overflow."
-Juliet Fiammata Asto Capulet (Romeo x Juliet)

"Go beyond the impossible and kick reason to the curb!"
-Kamina (Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann)

"Say, Simon... do you know why people have eyes in front? It's to see the vast landscape, and to move forward. If we had eyes in the back, we'd only see ourselves leaving our birthplace. That way, people wouldn't be able to move forward. Our eyes are at the front so that when we walk, the distant landscape draws closer. That's why people can move forward."
-Kamina (Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann)

"Listen, Simon. Don't forget... believe in yourself. Not in you who believes in me. Not in me who believes in you. Believe in you... who believes in yourself!"
-Kamina (Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann)

"Whether you were planning to be witty, or whether it was for your protection... that's the limit of someone shitty like you. Your lack of resolve that is necessary at the very end, that's the large wall that separates a number one and a number two."
-Cassandra (Claymore)

"As long as I'm with you, I can become the president! Become king, become queen, we can even become jokers!"
-Isaac Dian (Baccano!)

"Two people in love can be together. Isn't that wonderful? That's an option I don't have, no matter how hard I try. You just have to want it!"
-Tanigawa Kanna (Ano Natsu de Matteru)

"Not to brag, but I have never done homework once in my life!"
-Oga Tatsumi (Beelzebub)

"Strength is love! And sometimes croquettes!"
-Gohan (Beelzebub)

"In Cephiro, one's will rules over all. The heart which believes becomes power."
-Clef (Magic Knight Rayearth)

"I don't need to use chocolates to show off my planet-sized love!"
-Kagura (Gintama')

"Women aren't going to follow the script like in a game. The hottest girl around will still fart and poop. Eventually she'll age and become an ugly manager. If you love someone, that means you're ready to accept that. Love is the resolve to create an illusion that accepts this reality."
-Sakata Gintoki (Gintama')

These days, even babies are born with cellphones dangling from their umbilical cords!
-Kagura (Gintama')

"Don't treat somebody's first love like a mistake!"
-Tsukahara Kaname (Kimi to Boku.)

"My evening with you unfolds before my eyes. Blindingly bright and overwhelmingly happy. And somewhere deep inside, really frustrating. I'm so happy I could cry. So happy I could smile. I'm happy that I love you."
-Tachibana Chizuru (Kimi to Boku. 2)

"Kaname, you won't cry. Your heart isn't pure enough."
-Asaba Yuuki (Kimi to Boku. 2)

"Make hard choices? But it must be easy for you. You don't decide by emotions, but by following your cause, right? If it doesn't prick your conscience, anyone could easily make those choices."
-Michelle Lobster (Fairy Tail)

"I can't stand watching your receding figure anymore."
-Miura Kento (Kimi ni Todoke)

"I finally caught the awkward you."
-Miura Kento (Kimi ni Todoke)

"If I'm going to get hurt, I would want it to be with Arima first."
-Miyazawa Yukino (Kareshi Kanojo no Jijou)

"Studying is important, but I think a day in high school is far more precious than a month is in adulthood."
-Miyazawa Hiroyuki (Kareshi Kanojo no Jijou)

"You lose your emotional balance, so it's 'falling in love,' right? It isn't the real thing if you can act cool and get by on your own. That means your own feelings are more important to you than his. You've met a person who could make you lose your emotional balance. That's why they say he has 'stolen your heart.'"
-Izawa Maho (Kareshi Kanojo no Jijou)

"All I wanted was for you to know I was there."
-Tonami Takefumi (Kareshi Kanojo no Jijou)

"I... have powers of concentration! I haven't done it in a while, so it's pretty tiring. "
- Fujisaki "Bossun" Yusuke

"Miracles aren't meant to be wished for, they're meant to be created by our own power."
-Miria (Claymore)

"Burn it into your eyes. This is our body, and this is Clare's body. And then, when you see that form of Clare's, if you can accept her like that, I want you to hug her with all your might."
-Deneve (Claymore)

"Sometimes more, sometimes less, whether we wish for it or not, our path changes with every person we meet. The fact that we've met, and even the time that we've spent together so far, do you declare them completely meaningless compared to the revenge that you wish for?"
-Miria (Claymore)

"Parents don't seem to be paying attention, but they're always watching."
- Fujisaki "Bossun" Yusuke (SKET Dance)

"It must be really tough to stick with what you wanna do. I wouldn't know from experience, but to achieve results, you have to make a big effort in private. Unfortunately, having a dream can be painful."
- Fujisaki "Bossun" Yusuke (SKET Dance)

"Why do there have to be so many stars on a night like tonight? I'm gonna start to hate them."
- Fujisaki "Bossun" Yusuke (SKET Dance)

"They're not sweethearts, friends, and of course not a married couple. But if I had to express it in one word... I suppose I could only say they have a 'bond.'"
-Usui "Switch" Kazuyoshi (SKET Dance)

"Whatever the circumstances, it's never a good idea to get in the way of a person's feelings."
-Usui "Switch" Kazuyoshi (SKET Dance)

"'I wanna poop!' 'I don't wanna poop!' I'm like a puppet on a string, controlled by waves of feces!"
"What's sadder than having to draw a school of fish while tryin' to keep from crapping your pants?!"
"Are you alright? Can I have faith in you, my sphincter?"
- Fujisaki "Bossun" Yusuke (SKET Dance)

"Oh... I feel like I could do anything for that smile..."
-Nishimi Kaoru (Sakamichi no Apollon)

"Watermelon. Or like a panda with a mean face... Or a sandal with pressure points drawn on them... Or the smell of a blackboard eraser... Or a sunday morning, where you wake up and it's been raining... Well, I like him more than stale bread crusts."
-Samejima Mamimi (FLCL)

"The circumstances of your birth do not matter. All that matters is that you do everything that you can do."
-Asch (Tales of the Abyss)

"Have you lived enough, to the point where it's okay to fade away?!"
-Gray Fullbuster (Fairy Tail)

"W-Who says we're engaged?! We just happen to be stuck with each other is all!"
"It's annoying the way you're always by my side... but... when you're not with me, I can't get into it."
-Ren Akatsuki (Fairy Tail)

"We can't be in love with anyone who walks in the light."
-Jellal Fernandez (Fairy Tail)

"There are walls that can't be broken through power alone. But if there is a power that can break through those walls, it's the power of feelings."
-Mavis Vermilion (Fairy Tail)

"And so, he kissed me for real. I don't care much, since it was as good as deep-fried chicken."
-Tachibana Mei (Sukitte Ii na yo.)

"A weak heart hurts others."
-Kitagawa Megumi (Sukitte Ii na yo.)

"You know, if you married someone, that means you love every side of your significant other that you already know. So if you find a new side after to love, doesn't that mean you'll love your partner even more?"
-Kirigaya Kazuto "Kirito" (Sword Art Online)

"My HP might hit zero if you hug me too hard."
-Kirigaya Kazuto "Kirito" (Sword Art Online)

"Humans are complicated. I can't understand the psychology that causes the desire to seek others to manifest in such odd ways."
-Yui (Sword Art Online)

"I have to make sure that she doesn't break, and that I don't break her."
-Tomoe (Kamisama Hajimemashita)

"You're all I see in this light."
-Momozono Nanami (Kamisama Hajimemashita)

"At the very least, you aren't desperately fighting to live."
-Hijikata Toshizou (Hakuouki: Reimeiroku)

"It's not just a formality, but rather a sign of my gratitude to you all for offering such a high level of intimacy on a daily basis."
-Haruno Hime (Acchi Kocchi)

"I am invincible. My shadow skills are unmatched! The power of my blow has no equal!"
-Elle Ragu (Shadow Skill: Eigi)

“Everyone has a battle that can only be fought by one’s own self.”
-Diaz Ragu (Shadow Skill: Eigi)

"If I don't have to do it, I won't. If I have to do it, I'll make it quick."
-Oreki Houtarou (Hyouka)

"The less experienced one is, the harder they strive for attention."
-Oreki Houtarou (Hyouka)

"The problem is that she's not someone I can ignore."
-Oreki Houtarou (Hyouka)

"You can't say the word 'expectations' when you have confidence in yourself. 'Expectations' are what you have when you've given up. You can't help it. Unless you've already given up, it sounds so fake."
-Fukube Satoshi (Hyouka)

"It's important to accept a defeat as a defeat. If a person had never experienced the emotional impact of a defeat, he neither learns how to stand back up after he falls nor how to move on. So dwell as much as you like. But when you're done, stand up and move on towards your future. While you're still dwelling, I'll be there to comfort you."
-Yoshii Akira (Baka to Test to Shoukanjuu)

"It's stupid to plan for failure."
-Takagi Akito (Bakuman.)

"I don't mind the regret, if I fail in an attempt to achieve my dreams. What I don't wanna regret is not chasing those dreams."
-Takagi Akito (Bakuman.)

"Nobody's gonna remember a guy with straight hair. The main character needs wavy hair."
-Sakata Gintoki (Gintama': Enchousen)

Katsura Kotaro: "When we believe you're taking the right path, we stick with you, no matter how hard it is."
Hasegawa Taizou: "But if you're taking the wrong path, we'll stop you, even if it turns the whole world against us."
(Gintama': Enchousen)

"I'm not interested in being a bogus samurai that doesn't follow a code!"
-Kondo Isao (Gintama': Enchousen)

"Listen up, you two. Tears are handy for washing away troubling and sad feelings. But when you grow up, you'll learn that there are things so sad, they can never be washed away by tears. That there are painful memories that should never be washed away. So people who are truly strong laugh when they want to cry. They endure all of the pain and sorrow while laughing with everybody else. You can cry all you want right now, but one day, you must become samurai strong enough not to cry."
-Obi'Wan Kenofi Hajime (Gintama': Enchousen)

"Hunger is the best spice, second only to love!"
-Fujishima Maiko (Kokoro Connect)

"When you're ten, they call you a prodigy. When you're fifteen, they call you a genius. Once you hit twenty, you're just an ordinary person. About three years until I'm ordinary. Man... I can't wait to be ordinary."
-Nanase Haruka (Free!)

"Genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration... However, you can interpret Edison's quote to mean that hard work means nothing without that flash of inspiration."
-Amakata Miho (Free!)

Motoharu: "What's 'tsundere'?"
Tanaka Yoshitake: "An abnormal and aggressive romantic relationship. It's a major topic of American criminal psychology. As for the motives behind the killing, they tend to arise from a vindictive disposition."
(Danshi Koukousei no Nichijou)

"A faint clap of thunder. Clouded skies. Perhaps rain comes. If so, will you stay here with me?"
-Yukino Yukari (Kotonoha no Niwa)

"To me, she represents nothing less than the very secrets of the world."
-Akizuki Takao (Kotonoha no Niwa)

"Yeah, I know. We might not get out, but we'll live as long as we can eat and sleep. But... we're living like... livestock."
-Eren Yeager (Shingeki no Kyojin)

"You'll die an early death if I'm not there for you."
-Mikasa Ackerman (Shingeki no Kyojin)

"If there's anyone who can bring about change, it will be someone willing to sacrifice everything they care for. It will be someone who can set aside even their humanity to defeat the monsters. A person who cannot sacrifice everything won't be able to change anything!"
-Armin Arlert (Shingeki no Kyojin)

"You can't hope for a horror story with a happy ending!"
-Eren Yeager (Shingeki no Kyojin)

"Humans will wither away if they're always alone. The only remedy would be to seek out other people. I hope you find the right person one day. I hope you find someone whose presence is enough to soothe your pain."
-Misawa Kyouko (Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun)

"You can't feel lonely if there's no one else around."
-Yamaguchi Kenji (Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun)

"Love is good. It changes people, for better or worse. You could look at it as a chance for you to change. The best kind of love helps you grow up."
-Misawa Mitsuyoshi (Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun)

"When women ask for advice, they aren't actually seeking an answer. They're just earnestly seeking your approval."
-Ioryogi (Kobato. Special: Hajimete no Kobato.)

"It's easier to ask for forgiveness than permission."
-Hiroshi Asami (Avatar: The Legend of Korra)

"Beware of opportunities that sound too good to be true."
-Villager (Stranger: Mukou Hadan)

"The best dreams are those that match your own status."
-Itadori Shougen (Stranger: Mukou Hadan)

"Someone who is even lower than a dog does not need a monk's sash."
-Nanashi (Stranger: Mukou Hadan)

"Pain makes me feel like I'm more alive."
-Nanashi (Stranger: Mukou Hadan)

"Cut flowers are kind of like ghosts. Normally, they bask in the sun and absorb nutrients from their roots, but when they are cut, the ugly parts are discarded and only the beautiful parts remain. It's too selfish. It'd be better if they were left to wither and become fertilizer for the next sapling!"
-Hazuki Ryousuke (Natsuyuki Rendezvous)

"If I could be born again, I'd still marry you."
-Shimao Atsushi (Natsuyuki Rendezvous)

"Well, it seems like she lost her memories, and women are highly susceptible to kindness when they're feeling down."
-Kagura (Gintama 2015)

"Even when faced with sins that must be severed, are you still gonna point that blade at yourself? Instead of wasting your sword on crap like that, use it as a crutch to move forward, even if your belly's been pierced and your guts are spilling out!"
-Sakata Gintoki (Gintama 2015)

"When people sin and degenerate into demons, the only beings capable of turning them humans again at the end are neither demons that take human heads, nor reapers that take their souls, but humans who sever their sins to save their souls."
-17th Ikeda Yaemon (Gintama 2015)

"The power of childhood is terrifying."
-Handa Seishuu (Barakamon)

"We may have been born on different days, but we will put our lives on the line and die on the same day. We are comrades-in-arms, bound by loyalty and honor!"
-Hashira Afuro/Katsura Koutaro (Gintama 2015)

"A leader doesn't need the strength to subdue a comrade. All he needs is the strength to protect one."
-Kondo Isao (Gintama 2015)

"It's easy to look back on what happened. But in the present, you're already doing everything you can."
-Takamiya Naho (Orange)

"This is how you melt away the ugly feelings and dark thoughts inside me, bit by bit. How is it that someone like you would be by my side? That you would cry for me? Why do I wish for it? I know I shouldn't. I know I don't have any right to... I know it's a mistake to be by your side... So why can't I help wanting to treasure you this time, to never leave you? I can't help wishing."
-Sohma Kyo (Fruits Basket 2019)

"It's all meaningless. No matter what dreams or hopes you had, no matter how blessed a life you've lived, it's all the same if you're shredded by rocks. Everyone will die someday. Does that mean life is meaningless? Was there even any meaning in our being born? Would you say that of our fallen comrades? Their lives... were they meaningless? No, they weren't! It's us who give meaning to our comrades' lives! The brave fallen! The anguished fallen! The ones who will remember them... are us, the living! We die trusting the living who follow to find meaning in our lives!"
-Erwin Smith (Shingeki no Kyojin Season 3)

“Kindness from me is a hastily manufactured afterthought.”
-Sohma Shigure (Fruits Basket: The Finale)

“Did you offer your hearts so that other hearts could be trampled?”
-Levi Ackerman (Shingeki no Kyojin: The Final Season - Kanketsu-hen Kouhen)

“No matter how devastated you may be by your own weakness or uselessness, set your heart ablaze. Grit your teeth and look straight ahead. Even if you stop and crouch down, time won’t wait for you. It won’t snuggle and grieve along with you.”
-Rengoku Kyojuro (Kimetsu no Yaiba: Mugen Ressha-hen)