Ai Yazawa Quotes

“Say, Nana... You look like stray cat, wild and proud. But I can see the wound in your heart. At the time I just thought it was cool. I never realized how hurt you were.”
― Ai Yazawa

“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

“I at least wanted to appear strong and elegant in your eyes just like a manga heroine who’s too perfect to be real - Nana

The only person who will ever be my hero is you, Nana - Hachi”
― Ai Yazawa

“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

“Even if I'm not loved, I still want to love. To love someone from the bottom of your heart, is the simplest thing in the world. So why is it so difficult?”
― 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

“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

“People say love can be developed, but in the end only person you love is themselves. that’s why you choose to love someone who can please you the most. - Takumi”
― Ai Yazawa, Nana, Vol. 14

“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

“On a freezing night like this, someone, please warm him up for me- Nana”
― Ai Yazawa

“Love and pain are inseparable. It's more painful...as you drown in it.”
― Ai Yazawa, Nana, Vol. 3

“Driving someone into a corner is the equivalent of driving yourself into a corner, so i will die in battle someday.”
― Ai Yazawa

“Instead of trampling in other people's gardens, why don't you make your own flowers grow?”
― Ai Yazawa

“I don't trust love very much. It's a temporary impulse that makes you lose yourself and forget what's important to you.”
― Ai Yazawa, Nana, Vol. 15

“In order to maintain your love, you have to have some self-control. So then why are humans hard-wired so that the more you love someone, the harder it is to control yourself?”
― Ai Yazawa, Nana, Vol. 13

“The more convenient things become, the fewer ways there are to use them.”
― Ai Yazawa, Nana, Vol. 15