Ayumi Hamasaki citations

“Surely, no one hoped for so many things.
Hold the flowers close to your heart;
they may someday bloom.”

“If you were alone
and suddenly became blind,
and even so
you keep walking forward.”

“But in such a place as this, I can only tell you
by singing this song.”

“[…] I don't know my future. I don't know about tomorrow. I can just control for today or present, right now. […] I don't want to think about future too much, because present is most important for me.”

“When I woke up, I found
by my pillow a teddy bear
instead of you.”

“The lovers, appearing happy,
walk, holding hands.
Though it appears everything is perfect,
only they know the truth.”

“Even in my age now, I'm the same as before
and just as fearful
I only learn how to pretend to be strong”

“I was forgiven by forgiving many things
Including my long-ago childhood
I was healed, but I intended [to] heal
I've just noticed, the way
I was saved by love
Though I tried to keep love away.”

“A woman could be having fun
A woman could be like a nun
In order to survive
We cannot be kind
Until we are hurt”

“I feel most miserable
When I can't step "step up to the plate"
You know? People often say
Regret from doing it is better than regret for not doing it”

“You once said long ago
while stroking my hair,
"When you wake up, there'll be
a nice present
by your pillow."”

“"Maria" There is someone I should love.
At times I sustain deep, deep wounds.
But, by the person I should love,
they are all healed.
"Maria" Everyone is crying.
"Maria" But I want to believe.
"Maria" So I'm praying now
that this is my final love.
Beginnings come at random,
but endings always have a reason.”

“On that day, you decided
That you would walk by yourself
On the endless road
that crosses the clouds [and leads] to the sky
Leaving so much here
I want to tell you and talk about.”

“I don't want to become adult!”

“No matter how far apart we are,
don't forget that we're
still under the same sky,
both traveling to the place
we once dreamed of.”

“An interested stranger asked me
How do I see the scenery from here?
I reply
It's how you think it would be.
It's useless to explain
Everybody GO! Everybody JUMP!”

“I don't want a weak heart that can't cry
or the strength not to cry.
I'll search for a shooting
Star to cast my wishes on, but
Daybreak will come too soon
And I won't be able to find one.”

“Certainly everyone, in order to protect love,
Certainly wishes to believe in something”

“…I guess the very first thing is to own your true self, and that includes achieving the point of not lying to others; the first step should be not lying to yourself.”

“Though my heart is filled with feelings I want to convey
You see, I can't express them in words
If I had not met you
I wouldn't even have such an embarrassing pain”

“We go on this voyage to find happiness.
You see? A smile really suits you.”

“I saw the end of an age
with these, my eyes.
But I didn't want to know
that it's my turn next.”

“It is necessary that I am viewed as a product. I am a product.”

“I thought Mommy's life was strange, not mine.”

“When I lost my way, and
When the road was too long,
I was muttering to myself.
Life is just that way…”

“This year, once again, the seasons have passed.
Memories have faded.
The border between my blurry dream and
reality has become blurred.
Even so, the dream I once told you of
did not have a single lie.”

“By your faith in people, you will someday be betrayed.
I thought it was the same as being rejected.
At the time I didn't have that kind of strength.
Certainly, I knew too much.
It was said that I was a strong child.
I was praised, saying "you must have strength not to cry"
The more things like that were said,
the more even laughing was painful.”

“If one day
They are connected
And form lines”

“My job is simply to be myself, to be Ayumi Hamasaki.”