Quotes from Miyuki Miyabe

Though a child of man knows time, life itself is eternal.

Love is the most important thing a person can knowIf you should win love once, you'll know it is harder than death to let go.

It was all right to be sad. It was all right to lament. It was all right to feel anger. But [is] not all right to run away.

As long as there is happiness, there will be sadness. As long as there is fortune, there will be misfortune. "…What's real is something that not even the strength of the Goddess can change. The only one who can change it is me. If I don't change my destiny, if I don't cut through the obstacles in my path, then no matter where I go, I'll always be standing in the same place, doing the same thing over and over again, for the rest of my life.

Mistakes were mistakes, and failures were failures. Why torment someone with memories of their past?

your soul is dust to me. I will swallow you whole.

Vesna Esta Holicia, until you shine again, into vision, into the real world. Though a child of man knows time, life itself is eternal.

Not all new knowledge is beautiful, or even to be desired. Yet there comes a time when, no matter how hard it is to accept what we see, no matter how much we do not want to believe it, our studies will cease and we will learn no more. Though the world may point and criticize, if the truth has been found, sometimes you must shout it from the rooftops in the face of all opposition. The pursuit of knowledge requires an iron will that always looks forward and never falters.

Your adventure is your own. No one may ever take it from you.

Don't confuse a kid whining for a treat with the argument of a rigorous, logical mind, he had said, as logical as ever.

Look at yourself. Hatred and anger, kindness and bravery. They are all yours, and rightly so. Accept this, face it straight on, then ask yourself what it means to change your destiny.

There's a point to all the mistakes, the comebacks, the rethinking, the living--the living for all you're worth. There's a point to finding our own path. Please, give the people of Vision a chance to find theirs.

No matter where I go, sadness follows. No matter how much time passes it won't go away. You get only one heart when you're born, and you can't turn it in or get it repaired. The only thing that fills it is more sadness. I'm surprised there's any room left in there at all.

Failure doesn't mean anyone did anything bad. Sometimes people fail even when they only do good things. Or they do what they think is good. Only with hindsight can anyone understand the failures they experience.

One has to walk through the fields of knowledge to pick its flowers. Run, and you will miss the best blossoms.

We are but an ephemeral bubble drifting on the surface of an endless void. Yet I can think of no bubble more beautiful.

Don't give up hope.

No matter how confused, how tired, or how sad, every night has its morning.

Ico took the girls hand in his own, the gesture feeling intensely familiar, as the sun shone brightly over the end of their long story.

She had gone quite a distance. He had to backtrack a significant way, stopping to call out every few paces. When at last he found Yorda, the sight of her slender frame sent a stab of pain through Ico's chest as he remembered the girl he had seen in the water. He reached out his hand to her.

But do not misunderstand - I turned him to stone from compassion. Stone men have stone hearts, and stone hearts cannot be wounded or broken. I would show you the same compassion, if you wish it.

But, every once in a while, even the most normal of people act in ways that surprise themselves, doing things they might never have imagined themselves doing because they're excited, or they're obsessed, or they're in love.

What you don't know, boy, is that people have feelings that don't obey logic... Once you know true love, how could you settle for anything less?

Chikako could see Nobue's flowers reflected in Kaori's eyes. They looked like stars. Like love itself.