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“People are only what they think of themselves.”
― Ai Yazawa, Nana, Vol. 1

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

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

“What people consider precious is different for everybody.”
― Ai Yazawa, Nana, Vol. 1

“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, Vol. 12

“People like hurting each other but loving is not a waste.”
― Ai Yazawa, Nana, Vol. 1

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

“Hey Nana, do you remember the first time we met? I beleive in things like fate.
So I think it was fate.”
― Ai Yazawa, Nana, Vol. 1

“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

“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

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

“A woman's happiness is in throwing everything away to live for love.”
― Ai Yazawa, Paradise Kiss, Vol. 5

“Please leave me something...even one memory would be enough.”
― 矢沢 あい (a.k.a. Ai Yazawa)

“I’m lucky that I’m afraid of losing something.”
― Ai Yazawa, Nana, Vol. 1

“I wasn't really able to love someone but I couldn't help but want to be loved.”
― Ai Yazawa, Nana, Vol. 4

“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

“I want to protect my own happiness. I'm not an angel. I'm just a normal girl.”
― Ai Yazawa, 天使なんかじゃない―完全版 1 [Tenshi nanka janai - Kanzenban 1]

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

“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.”
― Ai Yazawa, Nana, Vol. 1

“Stop rushing me. I want to take my time falling in love with you.”
― Ai Yazawa, Paradise Kiss, Vol. 1

“Why... is human desire so unsatisfying?”
― Ai Yazawa, Nana, Vol. 1