Vanessa > Vanessa's Quotes

“I'm the one that's got to die when it's time for me to die, so let me live my life the way I want to.”
― Jimi Hendrix, The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Axis: Bold as Love | Guitar TAB Sheet Music Collection | Note-for-Note Transcriptions for Electric Guitar Players | Classic Psychedelic Rock Solos

“Sometimes people are beautiful.
Not in looks.
Not in what they say.
Just in what they are.”
― Markus Zusak, I Am the Messenger

“When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.”
― Helen Keller

“As expected life isn't that sweet at all.
When I came to Tokyo I thought I could achieve anything with my own two hands.
It's not like that. To get something in these hands, I have to fight a horrible fight. But... there's not much time to grab the things you want with your hands.
Why is that?
And more importantly what is that I want?”
― Ai Yazawa, Nana, Vol. 2

“The feeling that was born that night, how could i describe it?Words like love or lust just don't seem right. I may call it jealousy, or may be anxiety and moreover, need.
Even now I'm anxious at times because when I am with Ren, everything around feels like a dream. That was how Ren turned my boring life into an illusion, and that was too much for no matter how hard i tried, it seemed I could never catch him.”
― Ai Yazawa, Nana, Vol. 1

“You know Nana, I searched and searched, but could never find the key that unlocked the way. And now that I've stopped looking, I've finally found it. Maybe the door will open for me.”
― Ai Yazawa

“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

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

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

“Stop rushing me. I want to take my time falling in love with you.”
― Ai Yazawa, Paradise Kiss, Vol. 1

“If I ever fall in love again, I would like it if it were a slightly cold guy. Someone who won't constantly mind about my childish needs but who, the day after the quarrel, for example would offer me a flower accompanied by a sweet note That's kind of guy I need.”
― Ai Yazawa, Nana, Vol. 5

“But I wonder if there is a place I fit in?”
― Ai Yazawa, Nana, Vol. 4

“Right now I am working to polish the shards of my dreams.”
― Ai Yazawa, Nana, Vol. 1

“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

“Are you living everyday so that even if the end were to come you’d have to regrets?”
― Ai Yazawa

“Sometimes isn’t it better to have some time and space to ourselves? We will have new perception of things.”
― 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

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

“I’m lucky that I’m afraid of losing something.”
― Ai Yazawa, Nana, Vol. 1

“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

“I am glad I met you and I am glad to say that.”
― Ai Yazawa

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

“I'll make you so in love with me, that everytime our lips touch, you'll die a little death.”
― Ai Yazawa

“In this world, not everything will be won by justice. If you want to win, you have to learn how to cheat. (Nana)”
― Ai Yazawa

“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

“Hey Nana,
If Cinderella's glass slipper fits so perfectly, I wonder why it fell off along the way? I can't help but think that it was on purpose, to attract the prince's affections. No matter what I do, I'll still have the fate of a girl who just keeps getting hurt, wondering if she can be happy in this pointless, one man show?”
― Ai Yazawa

“I don't think avoiding conflict is not caring.

~Shin”
― Ai Yazawa, Nana, Vol. 12

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

“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

“People like hurting each other but loving is not a waste.”
― Ai Yazawa, Nana, Vol. 1