Quotes from Natsuki Takaya

We're not really...getting along...she always says I'm...that I'm no good. The things I do are always wrong. She says all these terrible things all the time.. and says it's for my own good. If I talk back, she only blows up at me...but if I stay quiet...I feel like a punching bag...

What you don't know, what you don't understand…You can learn those things starting now. So let's change, okay? Akito. This is what I wanted to talk to you about before. If you continue to stay in this environment, the "bond" and the "Sohma family" will consume you. You'll feel empty inside forever. You'll never be satisfied. You've realized it too, haven't you?

I'm not a cat. And I'm not gonna turn into one even if you hug me . . . I was born like this.

My heart was breaking on my way home that day. I was crying ugly tears because I could feel it yet again...the feeling of something fading away. Fading away into 'memories.' And even if I don't forget the loneliness and sorrow that tore me apart...the memories themselves are fading, too. No matter how much I try to hold on...no matter how many times I swear it to myself...time moves on, and they begin to fade. It's cruel.

I'm ashamed. I'm dishonest, weak, and dirty.

It's time to be brave.

I've always been lousy at hiding my feelings.

People around the world are like onigiri. Everyone has an umeboshi with a different shape and color and flavor. But because its stuck on their back they might not be able to see their umeboshi. Maybe the reason people get jealous of each other is because they can see so clearly the umeboshi on other people's back. -Tohru Honda

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.

I wish I could've lived my life without making any wrong turns. But that's impossible. A path like that doesn't exist. We fail. We trip. We get lost. We make mistakes. And little by little, one step at a time, we push forward. It's all we can do. On our own two feet.

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

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.

To forgive or not to forgive... are those my only choices?

We have just witnessed a classic example of what I like to call 'misdirected rage'. I believe the technical term is being an ass.

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

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

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.

Just be yourself and you'll be fine

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.

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.