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

“Laugh at love and love will make you cry.”
― Ai Yazawa, Nana, Vol. 1

“Getting carried away is stupid, it won't get me anywhere.

-Nana Komatsu”
― Ai Yazawa

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

“In this sleepless night, as the darkness advances, look up at the sky and somehow remember that somewhere in this wide world, there are always people who love you, and people who need you. Because every person can't go on living alone.”
― 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

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

“People are only what they think of themselves.”
― Ai Yazawa, Nana, Vol. 1

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

“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

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

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

~Shin”
― Ai Yazawa, Nana, Vol. 12

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

“Maybe I’m just farsighted. The further away something is, the better I can see it but once it gets close, I lose sight of it.”
― 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

“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

“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

“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

“When dawn comes, that memory gradually distances...Tonight, I will bring it to sleep with me, so that will not be taken away by the waves of the night...”
― Ai Yazawa

“Don't pretend to care. I don't need you as an anesthetic.”
― Jenny Downham, Before I Die

“I've always wanted to be a cat. Warm and domesticated when you want to be, wild when you don't.”
― Jenny Downham, Before I Die

“Moments.

All gathering towards this one.”
― Jenny Downham, Before I Die

“I'm me and you're you, and all of them out there are them. And we're all so different and equally unimportant.”
― Jenny Downham, Before I Die

“We make patterns, we share moments.”
― Jenny Downham, Before I Die

“I have a theory that as long as you have one good friend, one real friend, you can get through anything.”
― Dana Reinhardt, How to Build a House

“They're just words. And words alone don't really mean anything. It's what you feel and what you believe when you say them that matter.”
― Dana Reinhardt, How to Build a House

“There are days when I think I don't believe anymore. When I think I've grown too old for miracles. And that's right when another seems to happen.”
― Dana Reinhardt, The Summer I Learned to Fly