Ai Yazawa > Quotes

“Being alone and being lonely are two different things. (Yasu)”
― Ai Yazawa

“I'll make you so in love with me, that everytime our lips touch, you'll die a little death.”
― Ai Yazawa

“In this world, not everything will be won by justice. If you want to win, you have to learn how to cheat. (Nana)”
― Ai Yazawa

“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”
― Ai Yazawa, Tenshi Nanka Ja Nai Kanzenban, Volume 1

“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.”
― Ai Yazawa

“Hey Nana,
If Cinderella's glass slipper fits so perfectly, I wonder why it fell off along the way? I can't help but think that it was on purpose, to attract the prince's affections. No matter what I do, I'll still have the fate of a girl who just keeps getting hurt, wondering if she can be happy in this pointless, one man show?”
― Ai Yazawa

“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.”
― Ai Yazawa

“Hey, Nana...
people's feelings change easily...
what you see is a house of cards...
nothing's sure,
and nothing lasts forever.”
― Ai Yazawa

“People are only what they think of themselves.”
― Ai Yazawa

“Forgetting about our mistakes and our wounds isn't enough to make them disappear.”
― Ai Yazawa

“The things that stress me out haven't changed.
But I don't wanna lose anything.
So I thought that at least I would change.
I'm lucky...that I'm afraid of losing something.”
― Ai Yazawa

“What people consider precious is different for everybody.”
― Ai Yazawa

“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.”
― Ai Yazawa

“I am pissed off at your insensitive inability to understand why I'm pissed off in the first place.”
― Ai Yazawa

“I don't think avoiding conflict is not caring.

~Shin”
― Ai Yazawa, Nana, Volume 12

“If you're that obsessed with someone, why would you kill her?
Humans are full of contradictions.”
― Ai Yazawa

“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.”
― Ai Yazawa

“The dreams we are chasing and the reality that is chasing us are always parallel; they never meet.”
― Ai Yazawa

“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.”
― Ai Yazawa

“People like hurting each other... but loving is not a waste.”
― Ai Yazawa

“To love someone, why do you need society's approval and permission?”
― Ai Yazawa

“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.”
― Ai Yazawa

“The longer we live the more weight we carry in our hearts.”
― Ai Yazawa

“But even when the moon looks like it's waning...it's actually never changing shape. Don't ever forget that.”
― Ai Yazawa, Nana, Volume 14

“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?”
― Ai Yazawa

“Please leave me something...even one memory would be enough.”
― Ai Yazawa

“I want to protect my own happiness. I'm not an angel. I'm just a normal girl.”
― Ai Yazawa, Tenshi Nanka Ja Nai Kanzenban, Volume 1

“I want to be spoiled like a child. Cry to my heart's content. But I can only suppress my feelings..”
― Ai Yazawa

“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”
― Ai Yazawa, Nana, Tome 17

“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”
― Ai Yazawa

“So you have to accept facts as fact.”
― Ai Yazawa

“I’m lucky…that I’m afraid of losing something”
― Ai Yazawa

“Having someone you love say "Thank you" is more rewarding than just having them say "I love you.”
― Ai Yazawa, Nana, Volume 20

“People can't be just tied together. They have to connect. Otherwise, they'll find themselves bound hand and foot.”
― Ai Yazawa

“I might cry tomorrow, but I may be smiling the day after. That's enough. That's the way life is. If I don't lose hope - tomorrow will come.�Tomorrow will come if we don't lose hope... I learned that from Nana.�But rainy days still make my cheeks wet with tears, even now. It was pouring, on that rainy day.”
― Ai Yazawa

“I have the right to be hated.(Takumi)”
― Ai Yazawa

“Nana...how come being happy and making your dreams come true are two different things? Even now, I still don't know why...”
― Ai Yazawa

“In the world of art, all things are possible.--George from Paradise Kiss”
― Ai Yazawa

“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...”
― Ai Yazawa

“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. ”
― Ai Yazawa

“The flow of time cleanses the past and heals the wounds in people's hearts. But there are wounds we cant speak of.”
― Ai Yazawa

“If you don't fight for him, you lose! Fight for him!

~Nana Osaki”
― Ai Yazawa, Nana, Volume 12

“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.”
― Ai Yazawa, Nana, Tome 18

“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.”
― Ai Yazawa

“I am glad I met you and I am glad to say that.”
― Ai Yazawa

“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.”
― Ai Yazawa

“Even if you fall on the runway, I wouldn't blame you. It would mean that we made a mistake in choosing you.”
― Ai Yazawa, Paradise Kiss, Volume 4

“People’s feelings are easily swayed. The things reflected in people’s eyes are full of deception. Nothing is as it appears.”
― Ai Yazawa

“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...”
― Ai Yazawa

“The more my dream are fulfilled the quicklier they become realities losing their shine.”
― Ai Yazawa