The Garden of Words Quotes

“A faint clap of thunder Clouded skies,
Perhaps rain comes
Will you stay here with me?”
― Makoto Shinkai, The Garden of Words

“In the evenings, before I went to sleep, and in the mornings, in the moment I woke up, I realized I was praying for rain.”
― Makoto Shinkai, The Garden of Words

“To me she represents nothing less than the very secrets of the world.”
― Makoto Shinkai, The Garden of Words

“I realize now, I was learning how to walk as well. I haven’t mastered the steps, I fall too. But im on my path, my path... and one day that path... will take me to her.”
― Makoto Shinkai, The Garden of Words

“She’s summer rain personified, Takao knows. He’s sure no one can stop the rain. Somewhere in the distance, thunder rumbles. The words he needs to say find their way to his lips.

The thunder whispers.

Facing her under the wisteria trellis, Takao speaks.

“The thunder / whispers. / Yet should rain never fall, / I would stay / at a word from you.”
― Makoto Shinkai, The Garden of Words