Shiki

“Why do you think you were born into a good family and raised so well for? It's the trade-off for all that responsinility! Quit worrying about whatever you can do it or not, and just DO IT! That's your job. And when you're all done and finished, I'll listen to all the crying and complaining that you want.”
― Shungiku Nakamura, 中村 春菊

“If you keep lamenting your misfortune, you will never be happy, since you see the world through misfortune-tinted glasses. Everything and everyone looks wrong to you. Those who live under 'normal' circumstances look far more fortunate than you are, and seemingly look down on you. These people who feel they are unfortunate reject others, unless they are regarded to have a similar fate. Some of these people are able to abandon this attitude as they realize they are not the only unfortunate people in the world. However some of them gather in groups, lament even further and thus drown more deeply into misfortune.”
― Hinowa Kouzuki, 妖怪アパートの幽雅な日常 8

“I love him, no more and no less... I couldn't help but just love him with my entire being. All that is left is regret, nostalgia, and an insuppressible love that still persists to this day...”
― Shungiku Nakamura, 中村 春菊

“It wasn't natural talent that had shaped him into his present self. What he had done was simply think, make attempts, and learn from past failures. Anyone could do that, but it wasn't that easy. People were never willing to assess him properly, since that would mean they admitted that they had never struggled and make attempts.”
― Yuto Tsukuda, 食戟のソーマ 13 [Shokugeki no Souma 13]