Yoshitoki Oima > Quotes

“No matter how good a person you think you've become...
...someday, you get what's coming to you.”
― Yoshitoki Oima, 聲の形 5 [Koe no Katachi 5]

“Just what is a friend anyway? When do people start seeing each other as friends? When they first talk alone? When they exchange contact information? When they take a photo together? I’ll bet they know... what friends are.”
― Yoshitoki Oima, 聲の形 2 [Koe no Katachi 2]

“There is nobody to give your life meaning! You must grasp it yourself.”
― Yoshitoki Ōima, 不滅のあなたへ 2 [Fumetsu no Anata e 2]

“I began choosing isolation of my own accord. Maybe so I could convince myself I wasn’t really alone.”
― Yoshitoki Oima, A Silent Voice, Vol. 1

“Have you ever once said how you really feel deep down in your gut?”
― Yoshitoki Oima, A Silent Voice, Vol. 1

“Bwaha! As long as you have love and a little masochism in you, you can beat a little thing like an allergy, can you not?”
― Yoshitoki Oima, 聲の形 3 [Koe no Katachi 3]

“There are some things in this world that you just have to deal with!”
― Yoshitoki Oima, By Yoshitoki Oima - A Silent Voice 1 (2015-06-10) [Paperback]

“What else have you got?! Obligation?! A sense of duty?! So your guilt is what’s keeping you going then?!”
― Yoshitoki Oima, 聲の形 2 [Koe no Katachi 2]

“Life has its ups and downs! There isn’t a person who hasn’t done something wrong!”
― Yoshitoki Oima, 聲の形 2 [Koe no Katachi 2]

“Please, God... give me just one more ounce of strength. I won’t run away from my problems anymore. Just do this one thing for me please. Starting tomorrow, I’ll look everyone in eye. Starting tomorrow, I’ll listen when people speak to me. Starting tomorrow, I'll be better...”
― Yoshitoki Oima, A silent voice