Natsuki Takaya citations

“You may be an idiot but I don't think you're a fool.”

“True kindness isn't something we're born with. It's something we have to work at. Not everyone has it. But I think everyone has the potential. Sometimes you just have to look really close before you can tell it's there."-Kyoko”

“… you must always be yourself, and do things at your own pace. Someday, you'll catch up.”

“It's you, so I feel that a person who will understand you, a person who will find you is waiting out there. So just keep on trying your best.”

“Because even the smallest of words can be the ones to hurt you, or save you.”

“Don't get lost. Give it a try. Go find the place that you're wishing for.”

“I want to believe that I'm not wrong. I want to believe that life isn't full of darkness. Even if storms come to pass, the sun will shine again. No matter how painful and hard the rain may beat down on me.”

“Those who hurt others will also hurt themselves.”

“I love the stars.
Because they can't say anything.
I love the stars.
Because they do not judge anyone.”

“When snow melts, what does it become?'
It becomes water, of course'
Wrong! It becomes spring!”

“To forgive or not to forgive… are those my only choices?”

“We're all born with selfish desires, so we can all relate to those feelings in others. But kindness is something made individually by each person… so it's easy to misunderstand when others are trying to be kind to you.”

“Sometimes it feels like the whole world is conspiring to destroy my house… "
- Shigure Sohma”

“Just be yourself and you'll be fine”

“It's all very simple. But maybe because it's so simple, it's also hard.”

“Ayame: "Yuki, let's deepen the bond between us brothers!"
Yuki: "Before you can do that I'll drown you in the deepest part of that lake."
Ayame: "As long as we spend time together."
Yuki: "On second thought, go drown yourself.”

“It's not that I've suddenly become stronger or that something has changed. I'm still shaking. But… We don't have to let those fears stop us. What's most important is that we try to rise above our weakness.”

“Give them back! Give my tears back, right now——with interest!!”

“I know it's not good to be weak and helpless. But I don't think it's good to be too strong either. In our society, they talk about survival of the fittest. But we're not animals. We're human.”

“Sometimes living can be hard, but it's only because we're alive that we can make each other laugh, cry… be happy! In this world, if that's not a reason for being born in this world… I don't know what is!”

“People aren't born with kindness, it grows with them…”

“Normally I hate people who whine all the time, but in your case, it would be okay to complain. Be selfish, say what you want once in a while. It's okay to let yourself be sad." -Kyo talking to Tohru”

“A novelist can’t be without a kimono and pen!(Shigure)”

“Saying she doesn't mind being alone… that she's alright… There isn't a person alive who'd really feel that way!”

“There was something I wanted, something I envisioned, loving parents, a happy home with everyone smiling at me. A home that no one would ever want to leave, a warm place, a warm person. It exists, I know it does”

“Let's try our best? I hope that someday the many, many tears that were shed will be worth it.”

“So let me get this straight. You were living in a tent in the woods, but now you're living with Prince Charming and anger management boy? SERIOUSLY?!”

“If you want to stop me you're going to have to came at me like your going to kill me." -Hatsuharu”

“Hatori: "SHIGURE… I WILL TELL EVERYONE IN THE PUBLISHING INDUSTRY EVERYTHING I KNOW ABOUT YOU, STARTING FROM WHEN YOU WERE FOUR YEARS OLD…"

Shigure: "Sorry, Tohru-kun. My lips are sealed!”