Quotes from Natsuki Takaya

It's okay...for me to be here...it's okay. Even if I'm like this.

If it were that simple...to change yourself completely...no one would suffer. But even so...this is hope. Even if it was just a tiny bit...I definitely felt it.

I wanted people to notice me...but at the same time, I wanted to be left alone.

Shigure: G'morning. Tohru: Good morning! Yuki: Um, Shigure, it's night . Why don't you get a normal sleep pattern? Shigure: I became an author so I wouldn't have to.

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 more important is that we try to rise above our weakness.

It's not because I don't like people that I don't go. I search for a compromise within myself... and while I'm busy thinking about it, I miss my chance...every time.

After all...you have courage in your heart.

I can't give up. Something...there must be something I can do. I want to believe that. I have to believe that.

There are so many things I can never get back. So much pain. So many tears. So, so much. ...but even so...I'm tired of always looking down and missing what's important.

I know. Just like there are kind places- I know. I know I haven't made it out of this yet. It's not over. It will come back again and again. The crushing injustice will keep harassing me. It will try to swallow me up. I hate this... it's hard... but even so, I'm done with looking down. Your life is yours, and yours alone.

I'm going to keep my head up. I'm the one...who will forge my path in life.

That 'me' is becoming a memory, too.

You should know that if you bombard someone with one-sided love then you are nothing but a burden to them and you will just end up hurting them in the end.

I can't. Stop...don't go anywhere...don't leave me.

I can't get the words out. I have to gather my courage. Courage...it's time to be brave. I'm not going to put the lid back on. This feeling...can't be stopped anymore. It's time to be brave.

I've decided...I can't remain at a standstill anymore.

I never meant to get so close to you. I never meant to fall in love.

All this sadness is connected like a spiral.

I don't have the answer. But the one thing I do know...is that 'love' isn't just about loving what's right in front of you. The past...the future...maybe it's about holding all of them close to your heart. That's...what I think, at least. When I look at her...that's what I think.

Love is difficult. Whatever happens in the night, morning still always comes. Always. Has there ever been a night that had no dawn?

Why do I always...irritate others...without even realizing it? I'm not trying...to cause any problems.

I'm so rude. 'If you have trouble with anything...' I don't deserve to have anyone say that to me! 'When you need help, ask for help!' If I asked for help, I would just be...spoiled. Because I haven't done anything yet. I haven't done a single thing. By myself... or starting with myself...I've always just gone with the flow.

My friends rejected me...out of nowhere. What was wrong with me? What did I do? I really had no idea. Why? I want to know why. If I did something wrong, I want to apologize. But the rejection got worse, and so did the fear.

It's just...understanding something and actually acting on it are two different things. We humans have a habit of taking something simple... and making it hard. It's annoying, I know.