"Its frightening that there's no guarantee that I'll be loved."~ Akito Sohma
"But I think... I want to live with all my memories. Even if they're bad memories. Even if they're memories that only hurt me... that I'd rather forget. If I keep them and keep trying, without running away, then someday I'll be strong enough that those memories can't defeat me. I believe that because I want to think that there's no such thing as a memory that's ok to forget."~ Momiji Sohma
"Sometimes, we need someone to accept us and love us first. Then, we would learn to see ourselves through that persons eyes and learn to love ourselves."~ Yuki Sohma
"Now I got some common sense for you, if I wore a tie, it wouldn't change who I am, if I had no piercings it wouldn't mean I'm nice, and if my hair was black it wouldn't stop me from kicking your ass!"~ Hatsuharu Sohma
"If you think of someone's good qualities as the umeboshi in an onigiri, it's as if their qualities are stuck to their back! People around the world are like onigiri. Everyone has an umeboshi with a different shape and color and flavor. But because it's stuck on their back, they might not be able to see their umeboshi. Maybe the reason people get jealous of each other, is because they can see so clearly the umeboshi on other people's backs. I can see them, too. I can see them perfectly"~ Tohru Honda
"Sometimes I think the whole world is conspiring to destroy my house."~ Shigure Sohma
"It's just that I'm fighting the pain of lost love. I guess it's what you'd call a rude awakening... or, maybe... the weight of responsibility? But I'm fine. I'm fine. Caring for someone isn't based on logic. You can't really rationalize emotions. Once I think 'I like him'... it's all over."~ Kagura Sohma
"Maybe I'm not perfect. Maybe I have a long way to go. But someday... someday I'll be able to stand and walk on my own. Without hurting anyone... and without being a burden."~ Kyo Sohma
"I started crying. It was the first time in my life that I felt forgiven. Like I was saved. Like the frozen snow that's melted by spring, the tears wouldn't stop."~ Hatori Sohma
"A sixth sense cannot make up for a total lack of common sense."~Saki Hanajima
"A bond may seem like a beautiful thing from the outside...but if those involved see it as a burden, it's nothing but a shackle."~ Isuzu "Rin" Sohma
"NOW, SPARKLE, MY HOUSE OF LEARNING!"~ Ayame Sohma
"Just as no matter how hard you try to keep it away... despair will attack you again and again. In the same manner hope will return to you. Again and again."~ Kazuma Sohma
"if it is possible to be hurt by another, then it is possible to be healed by another."~ Hiro Sohma
"But even though she's gone... she's not really gone, right? That the light won't go on in that apartment... is a lie, right?"~ Arisa Uotani
- Now some random stuff at the end-
Shigure: [With Momiji, finds Tohru with Hatori] So, Tohru, did you find out what zodiac animal Hatori is?
Hatori: [In a grim tone] Say one more word, Shigure, and the entire publishing industry will know of every embarrasing thing you did since you were four.
Shigure: Sorry, Tohru, my lips are sealed!
Ayame: (picking up barely-injured Yuki) You musn't die, Yuki! The setting sun we watched the day we pledged by the Seine together sparkles like gold in my heart even now!
Yuki: We never saw that! We never pledged! Stop making up past events and put me down!
Ayame: Be strong, Yuki!
Kana : When snow melts, what does it becomes?
Hatori :It Become Water, of course.
Kana : Nope! It Becomes Spring!
-Here's "The Most Foolish Traveler in the World"-
A foolish traveler was on a journey. He was stupid because he was easily tricked. The townspeople took advantage of him.
On that journey, he was tricked into giving away all his money, clothes, and shoes. But the traveler was foolish, so when the townspeople lied to him saying, "This will really help," tears would stream down his face and he would say, "Please be happy."
When he gave away his last belonging, he was naked and ashamed to be seen. So he decided to travel in the forest. Then he met the monsters who lived in the forest. They wanted to eat him, so they tricked him with clever words. Of course, the traveler was fooled and when the monsters asked, he gave up his arms and legs.
Eventually, the traveler was nothing but a head. He even gave his eyes to the last monster he met. As the monster munched on his eyes, he said: "Thank you. I'll give you this in return," and left him. But that was a lie too.
His gift was a single piece of paper that had "fool" written on it. But the traveler cried and cried, saying: "Thank you. Thank you. This is the first time anyone's given me anything. I'm so happy. Thank you. Thank you" and tears kept flowing from his eye sockets, and while he was crying...
...he died.
Everyone laughed. While they laughed, I closed my eyes and thought about the traveler. I thought about the traveler who was tricked into being nothing but a crying head saying, "Thank you. Thank you" and I thought how lucky he was.
Loss...suffering...
It's pointless to think about them.
The traveler didnt think about them.
That might be stupid to some people, but it's not stupid to me. I won't trick anyone, even if other people think that person deserves it. I just want to make them happy.
Do you really think that's stupid?
When you close your eyes...what do you think?
-Momiji Sohma, Fruits Basket