Rin > Rin's Quotes

“Tell me, Nana,
If for example we had been a love couple,
Would a hug have been enough to wash away my sadness?
Or then; does every single being carry this loneliness, like a burden?
I wans't intending to monopolizing you
I just wanted you to need me.”
― Ai yazawa, Nana, Vol. 1

“You laugh at love... but love will make you cry.
- Yasu”
― Ai Yazawa

“I, who was empty… I made myself believe that I could only fill it.. by falling in love… at that time to me.. in this world around you, Nana... Everything was so shiny that I was blinded. That doesn’t mean that anyone would suit me… I just wanted to be in the same light as you.”
― Ai Yazawa

“Have you heard a story where the victim of a kidnap falls in love with the kidnapper?

When the victim is trapped in the world of her captor, she must depend on him for survival. When he treats her gently, she feels as though he is her savior. Although he is in fact the root of all evil.

All I have to do is stretch out my hand gently and you'll fall in love with me. This is the scenario.”
― Ai Yazawa

“It's been a year and nine month since we broke up. It's almost the second spring since then. When I turn 20 in March, I'm going to buy myself a much deserved present. A one way ticket to Tokyo. As for luggage, all I need is my guitar and my smokes. - Nana”
― Ai Yazawa

“He must think.. that I’m dumb and innocent. But I’ve shown who I really am.. many things happened in my life, and I thought that they changed me… but in the end, nothing has changed since I was seventeen.. If I could keep today’s happiness… I wouldn’t worry about tomorrow.”
― Ai Yazawa

“Being alone and being lonely are two different things.”
― Ai Yazawa

“But even when the moon looks like it's waning...it's actually never changing shape. Don't ever forget that.”
― Ai Yazawa, Nana, Vol. 14

“Don't just give up, Hachiko.
Life is about getting knocked down over and over, but still getting up each time.
If you keep getting up, you win.”
― Ai Yazawa

“Forgetting about our mistakes and our wounds isn't enough to make them disappear.”
― Ai Yazawa

“Hey, Nana...
people's feelings change easily...
what you see is a house of cards...
nothing's sure,
and nothing lasts forever.”
― Ai Yazawa

“The dreams we are chasing and the reality that is chasing us are always parallel; they never meet.”
― Ai Yazawa

“I always thought that life was about standing your ground, no matter how strong the current was. But going with the flow isn't so bad after all. As long as it takes you forward.”
― Ai Yazawa

“What people consider precious is different for everybody.”
― Ai Yazawa, Nana, Vol. 1

“The longer we live, the more weight we carry in our hearts.”
― Ai Yazawa

“To love someone, why do you need society's approval and permission?”
― Ai Yazawa

“I am pissed off at your insensitive inability to understand why I'm pissed off in the first place.”
― Ai Yazawa

“If you're that obsessed with someone, why would you kill her?
Humans are full of contradictions.”
― Ai Yazawa

“They say that only very good friends quarrel. But at the end of the day a quarrel is a fight between two people’s egos. Since people cannot understand each other by just being honest. May be its impossible to live your whole life without getting hurt but don’t hurt the people close to you.”
― Ai Yazawa

“We are all farsighted, we give importance to those things that are far from us, while neglecting the things that are close to us... only to realize their value later when they are out-of-reach again...”
― Ai Yazawa, Nana, Vol. 1

“People can have lovers, they can have friends, they can be together. But when you think about it, you'll see that originally... we're alone.”
― Ai Yazawa

“Nana... How come being happy and making your dreams come true are two different things? Even now, I still don't know why...”
― Ai Yazawa

“I don't care if I'm loved back, I still want to love someone.Someone, from the bottom of my heart...Straightforward, unwavering...It seems like such a simple thing, so then why.......Must it be so incredibly hard?”
― Ai Yazawa

“You were a stray cat, strutting so free and full of pride. But I could see your open wound. And without really thinking I just chalked it up to another cool thing about you. I never realized how much you hurt.”
― Ai Yazawa

“I want to be spoiled like a child. Cry to my heart's content. But I can only suppress my feelings...”
― Ai Yazawa

“Many things happened in my life, and I thought that they changed me. But in the end, nothing has changed since I was seventeen. If I could keep today’s happiness I wouldn’t worry about tomorrow. ”
― Ai Yazawa, Nana, Vol. 1

“Even if you fulfill your hearts desire, by sacrificing something important, you may not necessarily be happy. Happiness doesn’t come in one form, it determined by your own heart.”
― Ai Yazawa

“The flow of time cleanses the past and heals the wounds in people's hearts. But there are wounds we cant speak of.”
― Ai Yazawa

“I have the right to be hated.(Takumi)”
― Ai Yazawa

“People’s feelings are easily swayed. The things reflected in people’s eyes are full of deception. Nothing is as it appears.”
― Ai Yazawa, Nana, Vol. 14