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“There is no such thing as coincidence, only hitsuzen.”
― CLAMP

“There is no such thing as coincidence in this world. The only thing is hitsuzen.
Hitsuzen...A naturally fore-ordained event. A state in which all other outcomes are impossible.”
― CLAMP, xxxHolic Volume 01

“If you make a wish and if you keep on making the same wish, it will be granted. That's how strong human wishes are.”
― CLAMP, XXXHolic, Volume 13

“There is no such thing as a coincidence...”
― CLAMP

“You can reach, but you cannot touch. It's reflected in your eye, but the message is never conveyed. It is something you decided for yourself, but that does not change the pain you feel. Even so...you must protect what you must protect. ”
― CLAMP

“Only with a clear mind will you be able to see who is truly in your heart.”
― CLAMP

“But the aspect of secrets is they leak out. If they didn't leak, they wouldn't be interesting.”
― CLAMP

“Yuuko, speaking to Fai: To all the young ones in your group, you are no longer someone who passes through their lives and is forgotten. You have become someone very important to them. Your hardships are their hardships too.”
― CLAMP, Tsubasa: RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE, Volume 16

“If I can protect, I want to protect.”
― CLAMP

“However if you wish unhappiness on someone else then the very strength of that wish will make you unhappy.”
― CLAMP, XXXHolic, Volume 13

“Kurogane, to Fai: You, shut up!! If you want to die that much, I'll kill you myself! But until that day, you're going to live!”
― CLAMP, Tsubasa: RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE, Volume 17

“To get mad at being called a “little boy” is a proof that you indeed are one”
― CLAMP

“Because I wished for everyone to live, I did everything I could.”
― CLAMP

“Fai: But... Don't you think they've changed? At the start of our travels, Syaoran-kun never smiled at all. Like he was suffering. And maybe it was because Sakura lost all of her memories but she always seemed so unsure of herself. And Kuro-run, you were always angry. And now you're exactly the same.
Kurogane: Huh?
Fai: But... During our travels, there are a lot of painful spots, but there are also fun times. And when I see those two giving it their all and smiling... I can't help but think they've changed.
Kurogane: If you think that, then you've changed too. ”
― CLAMP

“If one wishes for revenge, before you know it, a hurt as bad as the one wished for will come upon the wisher.”
― CLAMP, XXXHolic, Volume 13

“Because we knew you were waiting, we did our best so that we'd return.”
― CLAMP

“Kurogane: For all my life... I've wanted strength. I didn't want those things precious to me to be taken away from me anymore. But, to have strength means to invite disaster to come to you. And strength alone can't really protect you.”
― CLAMP, Tsubasa: RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE, Volume 22

“I do not lie to you, Watanuki.

Because you are a very important person to me.”
― CLAMP, XXXHOLiC, Volume 15

“Never lose sight of your wish! And if you want to see the wish fulfilled ... you must choose! No matter how painful the choice may be.”
― CLAMP, Tsubasa: RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE, Volume 27

“Just because you know it [my past]... doesn't mean that my wounds are a weight you have to carry.
~Kurogane-san”
― CLAMP

“A fair price ... is nothing to be trifled with." "A price, once paid, cannot be returned.”
― CLAMP, Tsubasa: RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE, Volume 05

“Most of the people who feel they are unhappy now are holding a grudge and wishing unhappiness on that person.”
― CLAMP, XXXHolic, Volume 13

“But it is a very difficult thing to change the future.
The slightest turn of phrase…action and the human soul.
The future changes direction based on those things.”
― CLAMP, Tsubasa: RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE, Volume 22

“But there's one thing you must remember. Whether you want it or not, once you have created bonds between you and other people, those bonds will never disappear.”
― CLAMP, Tsubasa: RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE, Volume 19

“Good guys are either taken or gay”
― CLAMP, X/1999, Volume 13: Lament

“Nothing is more painful than to wander in the world without the one you love.”
― CLAMP, RG Veda, Vol. 10

“Oh this? It's a 'bookworm.'

They live in books, and they love to eat important or valuable words.”
― CLAMP, XXXHolic, Volume 07

“Fai: *punches Kurogane* That was payback, Kuro-sama!
Kurogane: *grins* You're gonna get punched out, you creep!”
― CLAMP, Tsubasa: RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE, Volume 22

“All happiness and all unhappiness ... stems from one having a desire. And that is why mankind will always make their wishes.”
― CLAMP, Tsubasa: RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE, Volume 23

“People are the world's strangest creature.”
― CLAMP

“Truth is one, the sages speak of it by many names.”
― CLAMP, RG Veda, Volume 1

“This isn't the kind of story where understanding makes you smart, or not understanding makes you dumb.”
― CLAMP, XXXHolic, Volume 02

“The mutual warmth that is unknown, a single glass panel...... declares the beginning of everything”
― CLAMP, Tsubasa: RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE, Volume 01

“Kurogane: That's what you want, isn't it? Underneath that constant grin, you're keeping everyone away. So that nobody gets involved with you. But look. Just now you checked to see if the kid had a fever, and you're relieved that the princess doesn't see the wretched condition of this world. And in the last country, you used your magic.
Fai: *smiling* I said it, didn't I? I wasn't going to die. And so...
Kurogane: Yeah, but that was all about you not dying on your own account. Dying for somebody else... That's a whole new question. Back then, if you hadn't done anything, we would have been captured, and if we handled it wrong, we might have died. But you decided to use magic on your own. You involved yourself in their lives.
Fai: *no longer smiling, looks depressed* I... I don't want to make anyone unhappy because of their involvement with me. ”
― CLAMP

“You'll stay here with me?" "Yeah" "If I fall asleep like this ... the first thing i'll see when I wake up ... will be you.”
― CLAMP, Tsubasa: RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE, Volume 02

“I can't do much yet, but even if I can do a little to help ... I want to give it all I have! If a person doesn't do anything, they never get any better. Doing one little thing, taking one little step forward ... I gotta believe it will help build a better future!”
― CLAMP, Tsubasa: RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE, Volume 04

“You can't know now what the results will be in the future. So for now, don't even think about it. Think about what you want to do and what you can do. That's very different from 'running away'. What do you want to do?”
― CLAMP, Tsubasa: RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE, Volume 26

“There is no such thing as coincidence only inevetibility.”
― CLAMP

“Mokona: Please! Fai is about to die! Yûko!
Fai: Y... You... can't... While I'm still ailve... Syaoran-kun's magic still lives. Even half of that power is too much... Nothing... will be able to stop him.
Mokona: Fai!!
Kurogane: *punches hole in wall* Who told you to make that decision now?!
Mokona: No! Kurogane!! *Kurogane grabs Fai by the collar*
Fai: Sorry... *Fai collapses*
Kurogane: Witch... Is there any way to keep him from dying?
Yûko: Yes, there is.”
― CLAMP, Tsubasa: RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE, Volume 16

“The princess is strong. And because she's strong, she's fragile. If somebody doesn't teach her that fact, she'll break.”
― CLAMP, Tsubasa: RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE, Volume 18

“All who make wishes are the same. When one wish comes into conflict with someone else's wish ... then one must make a choice. Either abandon one's own wish ... or crush the other's wish for the sake of your own.”
― CLAMP, Tsubasa: RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE, Volume 24

“No matter how painful it might be...I'll do everything in my might! So please, you too, act according to what you believe in!”
― CLAMP

“However, there is something stronger than an unaccomplished future someone saw in a dream and that is a wish of a human heart.”
― CLAMP, Tsubasa: RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE, Volume 22

“Kurogane: You just said "Buu" with your mouth, right? That isn't whistling.

Fai: I don't know how to whistle.”
― CLAMP

“It's tough when anyone is hurt, it's painful and awful.”
― CLAMP, Kobato, Volume 4

“Did that high-and-mighty attitude of yours come attached to you when you were spawned?!
Was it a bug your programmer couldn't fix?!”
― CLAMP, XXXHOLiC, Volume 15

“Instead of regretting what we cannot do, it is better to do anything we can do. Even if what we do does not bring us to our goal, it brings us much closer to it.”
― CLAMP

“To change yourself means to change the future.”
― CLAMP

“there is no such thing as a coincidence...only necessity...”
― CLAMP

“Humans create terrible things. Why do they make things that only bring them pain? It’s because they don’t know what’s comfortable anymore. So perhaps they don’t know that they are in pain…”
― CLAMP