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“We are going to hell together. But we're coming back alive. Don't forget that.”
― Atsuko Asano, No.6, Volume 4

“This is where my heart is. I was human when my heart was stolen by him,
and I was human when I longed to be by his side.”
― Atsuko Asano, No.6, Volume 4

“I had a bad dream..." Shion began softly. "I wanted someone to help me, and I reached out as far as I could... and I grabbed onto your hand.”
― Atsuko Asano, No.6, Vol. 1

“I owe a debt to you," his low voice hissed at Shion's ear. "Four years ago, you saved my life. I'm paying back that debt. That's all."

"Then you've paid enough. Too much, even." Shion gripped Nezumi's wrist to pry it away from his collar. But Nezumi's taut muscles showed no signs of relaxing.

"Let go."

"Make me, little boy."

"I'll bite your nose off." Shion clicked his teeth. There was a split second of hesitation. Shion didn't miss it. He slid a hand around the back of Nezumi's neck. "Biting noses off is my specialty."

"Huh? Wait a second, that's dirty―"

"I forgot to mention, over these past four years, I've also learned how to fight.”
― Atsuko Asano, No.6, Vol. 1

“I found out for the first time that things like this could happen. That a helping hand could be extended miraculously like that... you were the first one that taught me. Like all of these―" Nezumi slowly looked about his room. "―these thousand of stories here, you taught me that sometimes we encounter the most unexpected things. And that's why I was able to survive..." he lapsed into momentary silence. "So you're right. There are times when people are saved by other people. And you're the one that taught me that. You were the only one that taught me that. The debt I owe for that is high― unfortunately for me.”
― Atsuko Asano, No.6, Vol. 1

“Is the love you have for me, and the feelings I have for you forever parallel, with no chance of intersecting?”
― Atsuko Asano, No.6, Volume 8

“Shion sat down in front of the heater. His white hair, leaning more on transparent, was tinged red with the colours of the flame. His youthful hair had lost its colour, but still retained its shine. “It’s beautiful” Nezumi thought.”
― Atsuko Asano, No.6, Volume 2

“Whoever lives wins. Don't feel guilty about having survived. If you have time to be feeling guilty, work on living a day longer, a minute longer. And once in a while, remember the ones that died before you. That's good enough."
Vol 1 Chap 4”
― Atsuko Asano

“But Safu..." Karan said the same words again softly, in her heart.

But Safu, you know, women can go on living without a man. It'll be painful, and it might feel like your limb has been torn away, but you'll still be able to live on carrying that wound. Even with that burden, one day you'll be able to laugh again. That's why― please, don't put your life on the line for any man. Please, live for your own sake.”
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“Reunion will come.”
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“On a mountaintop far away, the snows are melting
Becoming the stream that colours green in the beech wood
The fields are now brimming with blossoms
And a maiden more beautiful than they
Makes a vow of love in the beech wood
O youth
Wet your feet in the green waters
And gallop to me like a deer
Before the blossoms fall, come and kiss the maiden's hair”
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“Rikiga was afraid of death. Inukashi didn't have the heart to sneer at him and call him a coward. Inukashi was afraid of death as well. He was afraid of it more than anything.”
― Atsuko Asano, No.6, Volume 8

“I couldn't avoid it. I, out of all people, let myself get caught.”
― Atsuko Asano, No.6, Volume 4

“You‘re always like that. Nezumi spat. „You babble on about how you want to know, but you‘re never prepared to handle it. [...] Once you find out the truth, there’s no going back. You can’t ever go back to being the way you were, blissful and unconcerned.”
― Atsuko Asano, No.6, Volume 2

“...Is it fun imitating me?" Nezumi said exasperatedly. "It is." Shion crouched again and brought his nose right up to Nezumi's. "It's unbelievably fun. When I'm with you, everything is such a joy to experience. Sometimes I wonder why it's so fun to be with you.”
― Atsuko Asano, No.6, Volume 4

“I'll survive. I'll live to destroy the reality.”
― Atsuko Asano, No. 6: The Manga, Volume 05

“Shion's white hair shimmered orange, lit by the light of the heater. He never said it out loud, but Nezumi liked Shion's hair. He thought it was much more beautiful than the black hair he had before.”
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“I couldn't avoid it. I, out of all people, let myself get caught”
― Atsuko Asano