113 quotes found
"Farewell. Drown in your ideals and die."
"Atone for my sins? [....] I have no sins to atone for, nor have I forced such a meaningless concept on anyone."
"Yes, the seats are limited. There are always fewer seats called happiness than there are people to fill them"
"Fortunately, I do not have any pride. But what about it? Will the name of the hero be disgraced? Hah, don’t make me laugh, Lancer. You can wash away disgrace with results. You can feed your meaningless pride to the dogs."
"That's right! I admired his desire to save people because it was beautiful! But none of that feeling is my own! What else can you call it but hypocrisy?! I was driven by my obsessive need to help someone. I kept running, neither noticing the pain nor how wrong I was! But it's all a fake. Such hypocrisy can not save anything. No, first of all, I didn't even know what I wanted to save!"
"I guess he is tough as the legends say..."
"My defeat may be inevitable...But you'll still have to work for it, Berserker! In the meantime, I'm gonna take 2 more of your lives!"
"Emiya Shirou! Listen, you are not "one who fights." You are nothing more than "one who creates." Don't think of irrelevant things. There is only one thing you can do, master that one thing. Do not forget. The thing you image is always "your strongest self." You don't need any other enemies. The opponent you have to fight is none other than "your own image.""
"---I Have to find out what Fuji-Nee's up to. For the peace of our dinner, and for Saber, who's secretly looking forward to it!"
"It makes no difference if it’s eternal or instantaneous. Eternity is instantaneous and an instant is eternal. Therefore, he does not care how rare this miracle is."
"Here I come, King of Heroes. Do you have enough weapons in stock?"
"I don't mind losing to anyone, but I will not lose to myself!!"
"Blue sky is in the distance.It feels so close. Yet, I cannot grab it even if I reach out with my hands I looked up at the stars before. The stars that I cannot reach and the wishes that will not be granted. There is nothing we have been able to leave behind for each other. Therefore, traces and memories will disappear someday. But still.. Even if it will not reach her, there should be something that will remain in our hearts. There is nothing that remains in our hands, but we lived the same time and looked up at the same things. If I can remember that… I can believe that we can be together even if we are far apart."
"That is why I will keep running for now. If I aim for the distance, there should come a day when I would be able to reach out to what I have been aiming for."
"I'm home. What, are you greeting me in an apron? You look pretty good in it.""
"... She's scary. People who can put on a serious face while joking are the scariest."
"...Yes, the desire to protect something... is, at the same time, none other than the wish for something to violate it."
"But that's enough. If there is overwhelming power and speed, there is no room for technique. Techniques are something humans invented to compensate for their weaknesses."
"If you walk down the path that you believe is right, you cannot be wrong."
"Someday my memories will fade...and her voice, her actions, I might forget them as well, but I will always remember that I loved Saber"
"I love Saber, I want her to be happier than anyone... I wish that we could be together forever... HOWEVER...if I really do love her...then that's wrong...I loved saber who bore many wounds yet still fought through everything... I CANNOT ALLOW MYSELF TO STAIN HER PRIDE."
"It feels so close to me, yet I can't grasp it even if I extend my hands. Even so ... Even if I can't reach it ... there are things that will stay in my heart. Being in the same time and looking up at the same sky, If I can remember that, then even when we are apart from each other, I believe that we can be together. I will run forward now. If i set my goal far enough, then someday .. I'll be able to reach what I aimed for."
"If one can be proud of one's life, one should not wish for another chance."
"People will eventually die, and death itself is sad. But pain shouldn't be the only thing that remains. A death is painful, but it also leaves behind bright memories. As I am bound be these people's deaths...As I am protected by my memories of Kiritsugu...I believe memories become constraints and change the people living now."
"Every time I say such a miracle is impossible, tears pour out from vexation. I wonder why 'miracles' wishing for such normal happiness are too much for people."
"Just because you're correct doesn't mean you're right."
"come at me mongrel"
"You are a hateful woman. You oppose me to the very end. But I shall forgive you. Some things are beautiful because they cannot be obtained."
"Oh, immortality. Heh, I gave that to the snake."
"I ask of you, are you my master ?"
"Will you embrace me like you did that night?"
"... a man without fear cannot be wise."
"The world is just another word for the things you value around you, right? That's something I've had since I was born. If you tell me to rule such a world, I already rule it."
"The Archer class is really made up of Archers.""
"Those who aim further for other's sake. Those who think of others before themselves. And those who hate themselves more than anyone. These are the qualities of a Magus. This is a contradiction you can only have if you are born broken."
"Y-ou, get lost in your afterlife, you damn priest...!! You have no place to be, okay!? Even hell wouldn't take a bastard like you!"
"An impotent guy like you should lay on needles in hell...!!!"
"Look, Emiya-kun. People normally die when they are killed."
"It's meaningless to be the king if all humans are eliminated!"
"You're an eyesore, you get in my way, you annoy me, and I hate the way you look. You're like some backwoods hag with that purple robe of yours."
"Heroes always die due to unreasonable orders."
"It is the path you have chosen. Take pride in it."
"Rejoice, Emiya Shirou. Your wish will finally come true."
"Then do not regret it. People cannot change the past. All we can do is to accept our own actions. If you still wish to be burdened by your sins, let it show in your future actions. It is your choice how to perceive something that has already happened."
"Your most noble aspirations and your most despicable desires all flow from the same source."
"This world is one of equal exchanges. Wishing for some special event means feeding on something to make it possible. Wishes will not come true if you worry about harmony."
"Saving someone means not saving someone else"
""In short, a king is someone that kills everyone to protect everyone." in an interlude/intermission."
""Shirou's lamentations pierce her heart. He said that the tears would go away. That the pain would go away. That the heaviness in her heart would go away as well... That is salvation by elimination. But...If everything were made to never have happened, what would happen to all the things taken away?" in an intermission."
"Do you like this school? I have to say that I love it very, very much. But soon everything changes, well at least it does eventually."
"I shouldn't be saying this, but it turns out to be cute."
"A date starts the moment you start waiting."
"You really do enjoy making women cry, don't you?"
"If there is love, then even lies are the truth."
"Tomoya Okazaki - Yuuichi Nakamura (Japanese) / David Matranga (English)"
"Nagisa Furukawa - Mai Nakahara (Japanese) / Luci Christian (English)"
"Kyou Fujibayashi - Ryō Hirohashi (Japanese) / Shelley Calene-Black (English)"
"Kotomi Ichinose - Mamiko Noto (Japanese) / Emily Neves (English)"
"Tomoyo Sakagami - Houko Kuwashima (Japanese) / Kaytha Coker (English)"
"Fuko Ibuki - Ai Nonaka (Japanese) / Hilary Haag (English)"
"Most harem anime … are easily dismissable. This kind is dangerous because it's harem anime raised close to perfection. After watching it, even jaded old encyclopedists need a dose of something clever and cynical and grown-up to bring us out of the clutches of this beautiful drug. It will rot your brain and make you weep with nostalgia for something you never had."
""Ah, it's useless... It's all useless!" - Ushiromiya Battler & Ushiromiya Ange"
"Without love, it cannot be seen."
""Please, allow me to speak." - High court officers"
""This level of reasoning is possible for Furudo Erika. ......What do you think, everyone?" - Erika Furudo"
"My beloved hometown, the sweetfish river running through it. You who seek the Golden Land, follow its path downstream and seek the key. If you follow the river downstream, you will find a village. In the village, look for the shore the two will tell you of. There sleeps the key to the Golden Land. He who lays hand upon the key shall travel under the rules below. At the first twilight, you shall lift up as sacrifice the six chosen by the key. At the second twilight, the surviving shall tear apart the two who are close. At the third twilight, the surviving shall praise my honorable name on high. At the fourth twilight, gouge the head and kill. At the fifth twilight, gouge the chest and kill. At the sixth twilight, gouge the stomach and kill. At the seventh twilight, gouge the knee and kill. At the eighth twilight, gouge the leg and kill. At the ninth twilight, the Witch shall be revived and none shall be left alive. At the tenth twilight, the journey shall end and you should reach the village of gold. The Witch will praise the wise, and should bestow four treasures. One shall be, all the gold from the Golden Land. One shall be, the resurrection of the souls of all the dead. One shall be, even the resurrection of the lost love. One shall be, to put the Witch to sleep for all time. Sleep peacefully, my most beloved witch, Beatrice. - The Witch's Epitaph"
""You've got to be kidding me, .....this is, ...just impossible... ...Like I'd fall for something like this, ...witches don't 'exist', I won't accept it...! Something like you shouldn't 'exist', because this is a human world! You think I could accept something that's not human?! I definitely won't accept it!!" - Ushiromiya Battler's narration at the end of the Episode."
"Jessica: "Sheesh. ...Even though we've finally gathered all the cousins together after six years. This guy doesn't have a clue that he's the main guest of this family conference, does he?""
""When I speak the truth, I will use red." - Beatrice introducing the Red to Battler."
"Virgilia: It is very easy to break something. Just like how you, princess, did not require magic in order to break the vase."
"Virgilia: "Do you know how Braun tubes are constructed? Have you ever taken one apart and looked inside?""
"Battler: "The food they were given had small bombs in it, which exploded from inside their stomachs. In other words, the crime is possible through trap X! The details of a bomb that they could swallow without noticing and that could blow open their stomachs is a Devil's Proof! I refuse to explain!!""
""Love and madness are two sides of the same coin, or so they say. How bothersome." — Krauss Ushiromiya"
"Certainly, Battler had been tricked by her at one point. ......So he was probably able to suspect that her expression...that even her tears were an act. However, .........Battler...believed those tears. .........After all, those tears...had the red truth mixed in with them. - Battler Ushiromiya's narration at the end of the Tea Party."
""......Sorry to keep you waiting, Erika, ......Bernkastel. ......Now it's time for my truth......" - Battler Ushiromiya to Erika Furudo and Bernkastel in Episode Five ????"
"Dlanor: "Allow me to ASK. Just where in this study is Kinzo HIDING?""
""I guarantee that this corpse is Ushiromiya Kinzo's corpse...!!" - Battler using the Gold for the first time."
""I'm your ally. Until you win, I'll support you so that you can reach that future... for all eternity, until I get bored." - Bernkastel at the beginning of Episode 5"
""....I don't give a damn about your pride. How long do you intend to shame yourself like that? ....You, my double who's been granted the same blue hair as me.... how long do you intend to hang there pierced through like that....? I guess I'll just have to descend myself...." - Bernkastel to Erika"
""There is nothing that is not healed with TIME. And there is no truth that cannot be reached if you spend enough time SEARCHING. ...However, all trials have a limited time in which the truth must be DECIDED. Therefore, a truth that cannot be reached within that limited time cannot become TRUTH". — Dlanor"
""In this world, there is no truth. The truth is made later on and overwrites what comes before it. Real truth... doesn't exist anywhere..." — Beatrice"
""Real truth... is a very fragile thing. Does real truth exist...? And is it necessary...? Even without it, the tale will continue on..." — Beatrice"
"The writer who wouldn't write until he gained the support of readers...goes for all eternity without releasing his maiden work. The reader who waited for the writer's rise to fame...goes their whole life without knowing the joy of the mystery genre. - Narration at Episode 5, ???? (Tea Party of the Unhuman)"
"Virgilia: "...Battler-kun, when does this 'the chicken or the egg' type of shy love reach the level where can it progress into mutual love...?""
"No person can become a replacement for another. Not even a past version of that same person. - Ushiromiya Ange"
""Sorry, but, even if you join us, there are 17 people." - Battler Ushiromiya and Beatrice to Erika Furudo"
""Without love it cannot be seen. ...Hah that's backwards. Because of love you end up seeing things that don't exist. It's nothing more than an illusion, one that no one except you can see, and one that even you cannot touch. Without love humans would never have to sift through truth and lies. Because we can see those, …We doubt, we suffer, we cry out loud." - Erika Furudo to Dlanor A. Knox"
"Jessica: “Everyone has something they really want to become. But they never do it. ...The restrictions on their everyday life are what made them who they are today, so they have no way of changing themselves."
"Ushiromiya Battler: “There are a ton of works that ask about who the culprit is, and what tricks they used. In fact, almost all are like that. However, I don’t think there are many novels that ask you to figure out the motive."
""......If you can’t do it? Enough whining. I won’t forgive you. Neither will Clair. .....Did you forget that you’re Clair’s 1 in 2,578,917 chance? If you give up, you’re betraying all the other ‘yous’ in countless worlds.......!! So don’t lose heart! Keep on struggling and struggling....!! Don’t look for a miracle.... Be one!! You’re gonna reach a happy future. You can’t give up, and you can’t complain. Just you try complaining one more time. This time I’ll pinch your ass...!" - Willard H. Wright to Ushiromiya Lion in the Tea Party"
""And when you realize that you can't defeat me with those twenty wedges,..... you know what'll happen next, right?" - Bernkastel to Willard H. Wright at Tea Party"
""When they're alive, you can enjoy watching them struggle. When they're dead, you can enjoy tearing out their guts. Tales are things you get to enjoy twice." - Bernkastel to Lion moments before she rip out Clair's guts"
""I will not give this game a happy ending." - Bernkastel"
"“Yes. All truths in this world are meaningless. In the end, ‘meaning’ comes from the mind of each individual human. ...Even when there is a Single Truth, it can mean different things to different people! The truth has no meaning in itself!” - Furudo Erika"
"Ushiromiya Lion: “Humans are...sad creatures, fated to live in order to learn.”"
"“Being a big eater doesn’t mean you’ll make a good cook. Reading every detective novel you can get your hands on is no guarantee that you’re a good detective novelist.” - Hachijo Ikuko"
"There is no end though there is a start in space. — Infinity. It has own power, it ruins, and it goes though there is a start also in the star. — Finite. Only the person who was wisdom can read the most foolish one from the history. The fish that lives in the sea doesn't know the world on the land. Were they to possess wisdom, they too would fall into ruin. It is funnier that man exceeds the speed of light than for fish to start living on the land. It can be said that this is a final ultimatum from the god to the people who defy."
"Perhaps everybody remembers their experiences from other wordlines. Those memories may be vague and tenuous, but they're there. They speak to us in the form of dreams, visions, and deja vu."
"Everyone has Reading Steiner. Even if the worldline changes. Even if the past and the future are rewritten. Your memories remain. You've merely forgotten. All it takes is a push, and you can remember. The memories of those lost three weeks. The memories we made together. "Welcome back, my assistant, Makise Kurisu -- no, Christina." I reach into my pocket and take out the last pin. Nobody knows what the future holds. And that is why, just as this reunion demonstrates, the possibilities are endless. I place this pin in Kurisu's hand. I gently close her hand in mine. And, holding back my tears, I tell her... "This is the choice of Steins Gate.""
"Taking one of science fiction's favorite paradoxes and turning it into a must-see TV series, Steins;Gate is one of the cleverest shows of its year, quite possibly of its decade. It cloaks its true nature under layers of geek-friendly psychobabble and fluff for long enough to draw you in to the world of this infuriating yet endearing pair of man-children and their acquaintances […] Piling up the genre references into an Aladdin's cave of dreams and wishes and setting the whole thing in otaku dreamland Akihabara are master strokes, but they only set the scene for the twists and turns to come. In a way, it's a good thing for the rest of anime that the style doesn't match the plotting. That would have made it unbeatable."
"Our lives shall be forfeit to the witch's curse. Nevertheless, we must lay bare those with sin upon their souls, for the redemption of those whom are pure."
"You were able to bear them because they weren't your tragedies."
"Michel: If the tale you showed me was the whole truth... then I would have said you could revile those heartless men as much as you pleased. But I refuse to believe that's the whole story. The men I saw beyond the first three doors had genuine concerns and worries. They felt things—real, human emotions—even if those things ultimately led them down a path of destruction. Wanting to do something nice for the one you care about, being disgusted at things you've done, hiding your urges from those around you. You certainly couldn't call them good men, but they were real people with real conflicts. The Witch, Morgana: So you're saying I'm lying? Well, I can't say I blame you. Who would believe the word of a witch? Michel: I don't think you falsified your account, Morgana... The tragedy—no, the grisly reality you described—I don't doubt any of that happened. You wouldn't be here otherwise. The Witch, Morgana: ... Michel: But I've learned something in my years... "reality" exists from more than one perspective. The Witch, Morgana: That doesn't change what happened. That two-faced young man deceived me, the beast severed my arm, and the greedy, power-hungry lord used me for his own personal gain. Michel: Events by themselves do not tell the whole story. Only when you take into account their circumstances, what they thought and felt, their perspectives—only then can you say you've reached the truth."
"Barnier: In this world, only those who can win others' favor make it anywhere. Only those who can make themselves look good and their peers like fools. Those who can claim others' achievements as their own, who can appear to have more power than they actually do."
"Barnier: Fear is a wonderful thing—an incredibly effective silencer that spreads like a plague. Sufficient application would preemptively stop everyone from interfering. Fear strips man of all his will. When it became apparent to me that one did not have to be a great leader to rule effectively, all the time I had spent in my younger days working to improve myself felt like an incredible waste. Fear became the centerpiece of my rule, and as I continued to employ it, I began to derive great pleasure from the despair it instilled in others. Men trembled at the sight of me. They bowed their heads and abandoned their dignity. They begged me to spare their lives. And what an exquisite sight it was, every single time."
"Barnier: You were born into your madness, Ceren, but I was molded into mine. Ceren: Huh... That's neat. But Lord Barnier, wouldn't that make me a bad match for you? I'm not scared of you at all. Barnier: Heh heh... Man is a curious beast, you see. Once everyone feared me, I then came to seek those who did not. Ceren: You sure are hard to please! Barnier: Hah. You make it sound like I'm merely a picky child, though I suppose there's little difference in your eyes."
"Odilon: Your diligence has been invaluable in earning the counts' favor, Lord Barnier. They think quite fondly of you. Jacopo: Is that so? 'Cause that's certainly not the impression I'm getting. They put on a façade of friendliness, but beneath the surface, they're all laughing, trying to figure out how to best use me— or just outright scoffing. Not a one of them sincerely trusts me. I am just a pawn to them. Odilon: We are all pieces on another's boards. Jacopo: What's that supposed to mean? Odilon: 'Twould be most prudent to consider that unqualified friendship simply does not exist in high society. All interpersonal relationships are built upon a foundation of mutual benefit, save for exceedingly rare short-lived exceptions. Nonetheless, you should not consider being used as a bad thing. We all climb atop each other's boards, offering ourselves up as a powerful piece. And so do they offer themselves to us. Should you wish to survive in high society, you must always ensure your peers see you as a piece worth playing."
"Michel: Do you believe that if you tough it out, one day your valiant efforts will pay off? That there's light at the end of the tunnel? Because that's all fairy-tale nonsense. Imeon: You're right—The real world doesn't work like that. Michel: ... Imeon: We just tell ourselves it does because it makes it easier to get through the day. But the fact is, life's a big ol' swamp and no one's got a map. One wrong step and it swallows you whole, like a game designed by a goddamn five-year-old. The odds're stacked against you, but like hell I'm gonna go down without a fight. I've got nothing to show for it yet, which is exactly why I'm not ready to kick the bucket. Michel: ... Michel: You will never have anything to show for it, either... Your desire to make something of your life... will only serve to drag you deeper into the depths. The more you tell yourself you can, the greater pain when you realize you can't."
"The vast, vast majority of happenings in this world are not recorded in stories. Either too trifling or adding no "meaning" to our lives, these facts of life are coldly cast aside, with only the tiniest sliver deemed “worthy" enough. Each day, we relentlessly discard unnecessary fragments of our lives—fragments forever lost to the ether. And we continue to the very moment of our death. It’s a certainty as inevitable as death itself."
"Having to suddenly live with a boy under the same roof; what is Asumi thinking? No way! What am I going to do...? Wait! I just came up with a great idea. The next episode of Heart de roommate: "Transformation". Yusuke, you look good in those clothes. Tee-hee."
"Hisao We're just two children pretending to be adults, aren't we?"
"Lily There is no point in apologizing for who you are. You are a beautiful person, Hisao. Please don't apologize for that."
"Mutou: Nakai, what do you think the purpose of this school is? Hisao: Umm... To cater to the needs of disabled students? Mutou: No. If we wanted to do that we would have built a whole new school from scratch... Look around, Nakai. This school is about giving you all a that you would have been denied in regular education. Think of it this way. If we wanted you to graduate and go straight into a hospital, do you think we'd put in this much effort?"