"There are many types of monsters that scare me: monsters who cause trouble without showing themselves, monsters who abduct children, monsters who devour dreams, monsters who suck blood... and then,
Monsters who tell nothing but lies. Lying monsters are a real nuisance:
They are much more cunning than others.
They pose as human even though they have no understanding of the human heart; they eat even though they've never experienced hunger; they study even though they have no interest in academics; they seek friendship even though they do not know how to love.
If I were to encounter such monsters, I would likely be eaten by them... because in truth,
I am that monster."
-L
"Basically, when it comes to humans, Orihara is never driven to despair. And that's why interpersonal relationships, or the dirty side of humans, or betrayal... He doesn't dread any of those things. But you know, I don't think that's because Orihara has a strong soul. It's the opposite actually. The truth is, he's more human than anyone else, and his soul is fragile. And that's why he's decided not to be offended and to love humans no matter what. Do you understand? He's like a carp kite or a streamer. No more than a bottomless tube. So there's no limit to how much he can take in. I guess he dreads the kind of things that hurt or cause suffering."
-Kishitani Shinra
"Humans were drinking alcohol five thousand years ago, and they're still drinking it now. Alcohol is humanity's friend. Can I abandon a friend?"
-Yang Wen-li
"Everyone's carrying something that matters. You just don't realize when you're carrying it. It's only after it slips out of your hand that you realize how heavy it was in the first place. So many times I thought that I'd never carry a burden like that ever again. And yet, before I realized it, I was. I'd feel so much better if I just got rid of it. But I just can't bring myself to do it."
-Sakata Gintoki
"While many can pursue their dreams in solitude, other dreams are like great storms blowing hundreds, even thousands of dreams apart in their wake. Dreams breathe life into men and can cage them in suffering. Men live and die by their dreams. But long after they have been abandoned they still smolder deep in men's hearts. Some see nothing more than life and death. They are dead, for they have no dreams."
-Griffith
"Somewhere, that’s not here, in a place I can’t remember, I was obsessed with the idea that I was all alone. I thought that nobody would care, or even miss me if I vanished from the face of the Earth. I wanted to disappear. Then I had a dream about falling from the sky. I just remember that the bird was in the dream with me, and that the bird was someone in the form of a bird, trying to call me back. I now know that I was never alone."
-Rakka
"The root of all your evil is in always relying on one of your other possibilities to get your wish. You must accept that you are the person, here, now, and that you cannot become anyone else other than that person."
-Seitarou Higuchi
"The Yozo we knew was so easy-going and amusing, and if only he hadn't drunk—no, even though he did drink—he was a good boy, an angel."
-Dazai Osamu
"This land is made of... LOVE & PEACE!"
-Vash the Stampede
Other Stuff:
Misc. Favorites:
Favorite Video Games:
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Bloodborne - The Wind Waker - Dark Souls - Suikoden II
Final Fantasy IX - Xenogears - Ocarina of Time - Morrowind
Demon's Souls - Shadow of the Colossus - Oblivion - A Hat in Time
Favorite Albums:
Favorite Films:
Withnail & I - The Rocky Horror Picture Show - Inside Out
Tangerine - 2001: A Space Odyssey - A New Leaf
The Matrix - World of Tomorrow - Donnie Darko
Favorite Live-Action Series:
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia - The Wire - Firefly
Euphoria - Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Star Trek
The Good Place - Broad City - Game of Thrones
Perhaps there is a universal, absolute truth. Perhaps it justifies every question. But that's beyond the reach of these small hands.
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