“I knew all about fear born through pain. I knew the terror and misery of being a loser. I’d seen people destroyed by it before my eyes, time and time again. But eventually, I stopped feeling fear. Instead, I just felt cold, because I’d come to realize that no matter how much suffering or despair others experienced, the same would never happen to me.”
― Classroom of the Elite (Light Novel) Vol. 7
― Classroom of the Elite (Light Novel) Vol. 7
“If we have to die, we’ll live each day without regrets—always smiling in the face of death. That was our one and only form of resistance.”
― 86—EIGHTY-SIX, Vol. 4: Under Pressure
― 86—EIGHTY-SIX, Vol. 4: Under Pressure
“consider it human nature for people to sacrifice others to save themselves. But it’s also human nature to fight to protect one’s home and the people they hold dear.”
― 86—EIGHTY-SIX, Vol. 6: Darkest Before the Dawn
― 86—EIGHTY-SIX, Vol. 6: Darkest Before the Dawn
“his raison d’être was to never flee in the face of death.”
― 86—EIGHTY-SIX, Vol. 5: Death, Be Not Proud
― 86—EIGHTY-SIX, Vol. 5: Death, Be Not Proud
“I never doubted that you’d reach our final destination. I worried that contacting you or coming to see you would make it seem like I didn’t believe you could do it on your own.” “You remembered.” “Of course I did.” Shin said it with his usual placid tone, as if it was nothing at all, but there were no other words in the world that could have made Lena happier. He’d remembered—he’d believed in her and that she would catch up to them someday. Lena bit her lip. If there was ever a time to say what needed to be said, it was now, and if she didn’t take the opportunity, she’d likely never be brave enough again.”
― 86—EIGHTY-SIX, Vol. 4: Under Pressure
― 86—EIGHTY-SIX, Vol. 4: Under Pressure
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