Brave Story Quotes

“As long as there is happiness, there will be sadness. As long as there is fortune, there will be misfortune.
“…What’s real is something that not even the strength of the Goddess can change. The only one who can change it is me. If I don’t change my destiny, if I don’t cut through the obstacles in my path, then no matter where I go, I’ll always be standing in the same place, doing the same thing over and over again, for the rest of my life.”
― Miyuki Miyabe, Brave Story

“your soul is dust to me. I will swallow you whole.”
― Miyuki Miyabe, Brave Story

“Your adventure is your own. No one may ever take it from you.”
― Miyuki Miyabe, Brave Story

“Not all new knowledge is beautiful, or even to be desired. Yet there comes a time when, no matter how hard it is to accept what we see, no matter how much we do not want to believe it, our studies will cease and we will learn no more. Though the world may point and criticize, if the truth has been found, sometimes you must shout it from the rooftops in the face of all opposition. The pursuit of knowledge requires an iron will that always looks forward and never falters.”
― Miyuki Miyabe, Brave Story

“Vesna Esta Holicia, until you shine again, into vision, into the real world. Though a child of man knows time, life itself is eternal.”
― Miyuki Miyabe, Brave Story

“Look at yourself. Hatred and anger, kindness and bravery. They are all yours, and rightly so. Accept this, face it straight on, then ask yourself what it means to change your destiny.”
― Miyuki Miyabe, Brave Story

“Don't confuse a kid whining for a treat with the argument of a rigorous, logical mind," he had said, as logical as ever.”
― Miyuki Miyabe, Brave Story

“There's a point to all the mistakes, the comebacks, the rethinking, the living--the living for all you're worth. There's a point to finding our own path. Please, give the people of Vision a chance to find theirs.”
― Miyuki Miyabe, Brave Story

“Do not waste your life in vain, or take life in vain. Where there is faith, there is also kindness and forgiveness, and where there is forgiveness, there you will find true balance—the most coveted prize of all. It is easy to stray, misled by one's own greed, or by easy pleasure. Men are weak, and many step off the path never knowing it. It is nothing but a gentle lie to say that most will find heaven when they die. Traveler, by your faith, forgive those who stand in your way. Yet, if they should seek to betray truth, then wield justice to bring their journey to its rightful end.”
― Miyuki Miyabe, Brave Story

“We are but an ephemeral bubble drifting on the surface of an endless void. Yet I can think of no bubble more beautiful.”
― Miyuki Miyabe, Brave Story

“Failure doesn't mean anyone did anything bad. Sometimes people fail even when they only do good things. Or they do what they think is good. Only with hindsight can anyone understand the failures they experience.”
― Miyuki Miyabe, Brave Story

“No matter where I go, sadness follows. No matter how much time passes it won't go away. You get only one heart when you're born, and you can't turn it in or get it repaired. The only thing that fills it is more sadness. I'm surprised there's any room left in there at all.”
― Miyuki Miyabe, Brave Story

“No matter how confused, how tired, or how sad, every night has its morning.”
― Miyuki Miyabe, Brave Story

“What you don't know, boy, is that people have feelings that don't obey logic... Once you know true love, how could you settle for anything less?”
― Miyuki Miyabe, Brave Story

“But, every once in a while, even the most normal of people act in ways that surprise themselves, doing things they might never have imagined themselves doing because they're excited, or they're obsessed, or they're in love.”
― Miyuki Miyabe, Brave Story

“Failure and disillusionment are realities, but ideologies are made of dreams. And dreams, it would seem, do not fade easily.”
― Miyuki Miyabe, Brave Story

“And there would be more partings, more losses, more wounds, over and over, again and again. He could change his destiny a hundred times, and each time another loss or separation would be waiting for him on the other side. As long as there is happiness, there will be sadness. As long as there is fortune, there will be misfortune.”
― Miyuki Miyabe, Brave Story

“(W)e have spent many ages attempting to divine the principles that move our world. It goes without saying that the road ahead of us is still long, and there is more that we do not know than we do. Were you to compare our knowledge now to a spoonful of sugar, that which we do not know would be a field of sugar cane stretching as far as the eye can see... To obtain knowledge from that field, we must cut it and refine it. We must learn the most effective ways of harvesting and the methods of removing impurities. All this we must obtain as well as simply the knowledge we seek. That is what it means to study and learn.”
― Miyuki Miyabe, Brave Story

“The memory was so vivid that, like a fresh scab, he was sure he would start to bleed if he picked at it.”
― Miyuki Miyabe, Brave Story

“So far away, the one I love.
What sky are you under tonight?
What wind will my song ride...
To carry my voice to you?
Tell me, winds,
Where he may be.
Tell me, winds,
What star he looks upon.
My ears are like two white seashells,
Listening for dawn to come.”
― Miyuki Miyabe, Brave Story

“He couldn’t believe that there were so many books in the world. Who could possibly read them all?”
― Miyuki Miyabe, Brave Story

“For the very young to rail against their own bitter fate, they must draw upon all their strength and spirit. That is why they are so steadfast.”
― Miyuki Miyabe, Brave Story

“Was it wrong to say something no one believed, even if it was right? Did he have to just sit there and take it when no one agreed with him?”
― Miyuki Miyabe, Brave Story

“Saying you have something that you don’t makes it yours. Saying you don’t have something you do makes it go away.”
― Miyuki Miyabe, Brave Story

“Wataru would never cry again. He turned to stone—a little stone in the shape of a boy.”
― Miyuki Miyabe, Brave Story

“You only live once. “That’s why, if you think you’ve made a mistake, no matter how much you struggle, how much difficulty you face, you have to fix what can be fixed. There’s no time for regrets.”
― Miyuki Miyabe, Brave Story

“That which is foolish is sometimes far stronger than that which is right, possessing an uncanny power to move men’s hearts. And foolish ideas have always found easy purchase on small parts, hearts with holes, hearts like hollow, barren trees waiting to be filled.”
― Miyuki Miyabe, Brave Story

“Even now, years later, that day stood out in his memory like a shining piece of colored glass in a sea of mud.”
― Miyuki Miyabe, Brave Story

“Love is the most important thing a person can know... If you should win love once, you'll know it is harder than death to let go.”
― Miyuki Miyabe, Brave Story