"Section 9 Department Chief Aramaki: I ordered you to conduct an investigation. I never said skip the paperwork and act like vigilantes. I certainly don't recall ordering you to barge into any Yakuza office. This isn't the jungle and you're not Special Forces hit men."

"We are saddened by a bird's cry, but not a fish's blood; Blessed are those with voices. If those dolls had voices, I bet each and everyone would scream "I don't want to be a human." (Alternate translation from one of the dubbed versions)"

"Who can gaze into the mirror without becoming evil? The mirror does not reflect evil, but creates it." Based on the Saitō Ryokuu quote: "There is something evil about several people holding mirrors, it is not that it exposes evil; rather, it helps create evil."

"Let one walk alone, committing no sin, with few wishes, like elephants in the forest. (Based on a Buddhist Poem)"

"Understanding is in principle solely based on wishful thinking."

"[With his head between his hands, looking to the floor after a grenade explodes near him] All I could see... were my wife and daughter's faces."

"[Quoting the writings on the wall] Life and death come and go like marionettes dancing on a table. Once their strings are cut, they easily crumble."

"[first title cards]: In a future time when most human thought has been accelerated by artificial intelligence and external memory can be shared on a universal matrix, Batou, an agent of the elite Section 9 Security Force and a being so artificially modified as to be essentially cyborg, is assigned, along with his mostly human partner, Togusa, to investigate a series of gruesome murders."

"If our Gods and our hopes are nothing but scientific phenomena, then let us admit it must be said that our love is scientific as well. - Tomorrow's Eve"

"But no matter how far a jackass may travel, it will never return as a horse."

"His downfall came when his reach exceeded his grasp."

"When talking fails, it's time to break shit up."

"A half-assed approach just won't cut it."

"When there is no right or wrong it's time to beat the drums and attack."

"Just as luck appears in three, so does misfortune. Because you don't want to see it, you don't see it coming. Even if you notice it, you don't say anything. Even if you're told, you don't listen. Then boom, the end comes!"

"If the essence of life is information carried in DNA, then society and civilization are just colossal memory systems, and a metropolis like this one, simply a sprawling external memory."

"We weep for the blood of a bird, but not for the blood of a fish. Blessed are those with a voice. If the dolls could speak, no doubt they'd scream, "I didn't want to become human.""

""Allein sitzen, allein ruhen, allein gehen. Indem er sich selbst zähmt, wird er glücklich allein"

"Ich verstehe Menschen nicht, die Seelen in Puppen einhauchen und sie dadurch menschlicher werden lassen wollen. Eine wahrhaftig schöne Puppe hätte eine Hülle ohne Geist, einen Körper der selbst im Angesicht totaler Zerstörung nicht nachgeben würde."

"Egal wie weit ein Esel auch reisen mag, er wird nicht als Pferd zurückkommen."

"Wer kann in den Spiegel sehen, ohne zu verderben? Ein Spiegel gibt nicht das Böse wieder, sondern erschafft es. Daher erträgt der Spiegel einen flüchtigen Blick, jedoch keinen prüfenden."

"Wir weinen, wenn ein Vogel singt, aber nicht wenn ein Fisch blutet. Gesegnet sind die, die eine Stimme haben. Wenn die Puppen sprechen könnten, würden sie mit Sicherheit schreien: Ich will aber kein Mensch sein!"

Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence

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