Ai Yazawa Quotes

#1. I don't care if I'm loved back, I still want to love someone.Someone, from the bottom of my heart ... Straightforward, unwavering ... It seems like such a simple thing, so then why ... Must it be so incredibly hard?

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#2. Until now, I fell in love multiple times, and every time I got hurt, I fled, but from now on, I will continue to only think about takumi.

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#3. People can have lovers..they can have friends..they can be together..but when you think about it..you'll see that originally..we're alone

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#4. At that time I told myself that I didn't want to fall in love ever again. But that night while praying for your happiness Nana, I thought that despite all the wounds and all the pains it could cause I wanted to dream again, and love someone with all my heart.

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#5. In the world of art, all things are possible.
George from Paradise Kiss

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#6. Nana acts like a stray cat, wild, free, and proud ... But inside her heart, she houses a wound. Dense as I am, i thought that. This trait of hers was a part of her charm as well..but she never realized how much pain it brought her ... -Nana Komatsu

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#7. Laugh at love and love will make you cry.

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#8. Somehow, it seems like in the end, I was the only person left behind, all alone.

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#9. I was happy anywhere I could see the ocean.

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#10. A woman's happiness is in throwing everything away to live for love.

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#11. The longer we live, the more weight we carry in our hearts.

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#12. Please leave me something ... even one memory would be enough.

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#13. I wasn't really able to love someone but I couldn't help but want to be loved.

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#14. Driving someone into a corner is the equivalent of driving yourself into a corner, so i will die in battle someday.

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#15. To love someone, why do you need society's approval and permission?

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#16. Maybe I'm just farsighted. The further away something is, the better I can see it but once it gets close, I lose sight of it.

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#17. Even if you fall on the runway, I wouldn't blame you. It would mean that we made a mistake in choosing you.

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#18. Just don't keep me in the dark about things.
Otherwise, why am I with you?

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#19. That overflowing feeling became love. But I don't sing for Ren's sake. I sing for myself everyday.

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#20. Right now I am working to polish the shards of my dreams.

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#21. I have to get back to the hotel. But I don't know the way. I always rely on Shouji so I didn't notice where we were going. Nut I came to this point. without realising my attitude and actions. It's like I am slowing falling into a valley. I wonder where I'm standing now.

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#22. I feel the same way about all my friends. To me, the exact relationship between me and someone else doesn't matter much.But people want to label everything ... so I guess I seem indifferent in that way.
Yasu

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#23. If you can't stop feeling guilty about Nana support Nana's dreams and wish her success.

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#24. His hands are saying that he wants to hold her. His feet are saying that he wants to chase after her ... He's probably forgotten that I'm here, beside him

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#25. I always thought that life was about standing your ground, no matter how strong the current was. But going with the flow isn't so bad after all. As long as it takes you forward.

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#26. Whatever Yasu loves, I love too.
That's the secret of love.

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#27. Even now, sometimes on street corners ... when I meet someone, I see your shadow. I'm sure that even now, you're still wearing that man's cologne ... so you can sleep, even alone ...

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#28. Many things happened in my life, and I thought that they changed me. But in the end, nothing has changed since I was seventeen. If I could keep today's happiness I wouldn't worry about tomorrow.

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#29. We are all farsighted, we give importance to those things that are far from us, while neglecting the things that are close to us ... only to realize their value later when they are out-of-reach again ...

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#30. If you're that obsessed with someone, why would you kill her?
Humans are full of contradictions.

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#31. Don't just give up, Hachiko.
Life is about getting knocked down over and over, but still getting up each time.
If you keep getting up, you win.

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#32. It took us five hours to reach Tokyo, but I was really happy. I kept talking about myself, and didn't hear anything about Nana. But now that I know you better; I know you wouldn't say anything.

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#33. It's been a year and nine month since we broke up. It's almost the second spring since then. When I turn 20 in March, I'm going to buy myself a much deserved present. A one way ticket to Tokyo. As for luggage, all I need is my guitar and my smokes. - Nana

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#34. Sometimes isn't it better to have some time and space to ourselves? We will have new perception of things.

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#35. On a freezing night like this, someone, please warm him up for me- Nana

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#36. People say love can be developed, but in the end only person you love is themselves. that's why you choose to love someone who can please you the most. - Takumi

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#37. Don't do stuff that freaks him out, like what you're doing now. Do something that makes him happy.

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#38. What people consider precious is different for everybody.

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#39. That moment I felt a bit like crying. I don't really know why. Nana's hand felt so warm that it even warmed my heart.

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#40. Vivienne Westwood, The Sex Pistols, Seven Stars, coffee with milk and strawberry cake. And Ren flowers.
Nana's favorite things never change.
It was so cool for someone like me who keeps on changing their mind.

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#41. The table was her stage. The mobile phone was the microphone. And the new moon was the spotlight. That kind of magic only Nana could make it happen.

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#42. Cinderella's glass shoe was the perfect size ... so why did it slip off as she ran?- It must have been to attract the attention of Prince Charming.. I don't see any other explanation

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#43. You were a stray cat, strutting so free and full of pride. But I could see your open wound. And without really thinking I just chalked it up to another cool thing about you. I never realized how much you hurt.

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#44. Having someone you love say "Thank you" is more rewarding than just having them say "I love you.

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#45. I wanted to have a good relationship. One that's romantic and dramatic, like in the movies. But I finally became a woman at 17 and learned that men aren't really that simple.

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#46. For my 20th birthday in March, I'll buy myself a present for doing my best. A one way ticket to Tokyo. All I need is my guitar and a pack of cigarettes.

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#47. I at least wanted to appear strong and elegant in your eyes just like a manga heroine who's too perfect to be real - Nana
The only person who will ever be my hero is you, Nana - Hachi

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#48. People like hurting each other but loving is not a waste.

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#49. The more my dream are fulfilled the quicklier they become realities losing their shine.

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#50. You laugh at love ... but love will make you cry.
- Yasu

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#51. Hey Nana, do you remember the first time we met? I beleive in things like fate.
So I think it was fate.

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#52. I don't think avoiding conflict is not caring.

~Shin

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#53. Getting carried away is stupid, it won't get me anywhere.
-Nana Komatsu

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#54. I, who was empty ... I made myself believe that I could only fill it.. by falling in love ... at that time to me.. in this world around you, Nana ... Everything was so shiny that I was blinded. That doesn't mean that anyone would suit me ... I just wanted to be in the same light as you.

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#55. People can't be just tied together. They have to connect. Otherwise, they'll find themselves bound hand and foot.

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#56. Nana ... how come being happy and making your dreams come true are two different things? Even now, I still don't know why ...

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#57. She was my sacred angel that I could never violate. Reira was my sanctuary. I needed something solid like that in this dirty, disappointing world.

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#58. But even when the moon looks like it's waning ... it's actually never changing shape. Don't ever forget that.

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#59. From that day on it was as if Ren freed me from gravity. I was floating in the sky. Higher. Higher. Higher.

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#60. People are only what they think of themselves.

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#61. When dawn comes, that memory gradually distances ... Tonight, I will bring it to sleep with me, so that will not be taken away by the waves of the night ...

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#62. Say, Nana ... You look like stray cat, wild and proud. But I can see the wound in your heart. At the time I just thought it was cool. I never realized how hurt you were.

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#63. Stop rushing me. I want to take my time falling in love with you.

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#64. If I ever fall in love again, I would like it if it were a slightly cold guy. Someone who won't constantly mind about my childish needs but who, the day after the quarrel, for example would offer me a flower accompanied by a sweet note That's kind of guy I need.

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#65. Don't say the words I wanted to hear from Ren.

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#66. So you have to accept facts as fact.

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#67. I am glad I met you and I am glad to say that.

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#68. Thinking about it, my high school days started with love and ended with love and that is the truth.

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#69. Even if I'm not loved, I still want to love. To love someone from the bottom of your heart, is the simplest thing in the world. So why is it so difficult?

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#70. Hey, Nana ...
people's feelings change easily ...
what you see is a house of cards ...
nothing's sure,
and nothing lasts forever.

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#71. Forgetting about our mistakes and our wounds isn't enough to make them disappear.

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#72. Why... is human desire so unsatisfying?

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#73. I have the right to be hated.(Takumi)

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#74. I'll make you so in love with me, that everytime our lips touch, you'll die a little death.

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#75. You know Nana, I searched and searched, but could never find the key that unlocked the way. And now that I've stopped looking, I've finally found it. Maybe the door will open for me.

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#76. Tell me, Nana,
If for example we had been a love couple,
Would a hug have been enough to wash away my sadness?
Or then; does every single being carry this loneliness, like a burden?
I wans't intending to monopolizing you
I just wanted you to need me.

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#77. The flow of time cleanses the past and heals the wounds in people's hearts. But there are wounds we cant speak of.

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#78. In this sleepless night, as the darkness advances, look up at the sky and somehow remember that somewhere in this wide world, there are always people who love you, and people who need you. Because every person can't go on living alone.

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#79. People's feelings are easily swayed. The things reflected in people's eyes are full of deception. Nothing is as it appears.

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#80. In this world, not everything will be won by justice. If you want to win, you have to learn how to cheat. (Nana)

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#81. If you don't fight for him, you lose! Fight for him!

~Nana Osaki

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#82. Are you living everyday so that even if the end were to come you'd have to regrets?

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#83. You know Hachi, your life depends only on ourselves. I'm still convinced about this ... But I've also learned to accept that people ... don't all become as strong, and it made me kinder than before.

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#84. It takes a lot of strength to hold onto and care for the things we love, so why is it that god seems to have made humans unable to conjure up that degree of power and love?

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#85. The dreams we are chasing and the reality that is chasing us are always parallel; they never meet.

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#86. Being alone and being lonely are two different things.

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#87. They say that only very good friends quarrel. But at the end of the day a quarrel is a fight between two people's egos. Since people cannot understand each other by just being honest. May be its impossible to live your whole life without getting hurt but don't hurt the people close to you.

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#88. We didn't say good bye. But we knew it would be the end if we were apart. There was no reason to call or write letters. As it would have been meaningless, if we couldn't hold each other tight.

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#89. I broke up with Ren a year and nine months ago. Soon it will be two springs.
My 20th birthday is in march. I'm working hard to buy myself a present.
A one-way ticket to Tokyo.
I will just carry my guitar and cigarettes.

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#90. For us who choose our dreams over our love the only thing we can do for love is perhaps to release the lock around our necks. Through that, the pain may vanish.

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#91. Trapnest means "The Trapped Den" Once we enter it, we can't get out by our own means I thought that that name could only come from a man who love having power over other.

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#92. He who sneers at love will be left howling by love.

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#93. But I wonder if there is a place I fit in?

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#94. I just feel like I have been marked with that smell, that's why from now on, when I smell that, I'm going to remember you. - Myu

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#95. I am pissed off at your insensitive inability to understand why I'm pissed off in the first place.

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#96. I want to be spoiled like a child. Cry to my heart's content. But I can only suppress my feelings..

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#97. I want to protect my own happiness. I'm not an angel. I'm just a normal girl.

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#98. Hey, Hachi
People always say that you only discover how precious something is after you lose it
but I think, you only really recognize it ... when you see it a second time face to face.
-Nana Osaki

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#99. If my tears spilled spontaneously at that moment it's because I immediately understood that what was happening, like in a dream, was the treat you had prepared for me I felt your friendship much stronger than if you had thanked me a million times that what pleased and touched me.

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#100. Even if you fulfill your hearts desire, by sacrificing something important, you may not necessarily be happy. Happiness doesn't come in one form, it determined by your own heart.

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