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“I knew all about fear born through pain. I knew the terror and misery of being a loser. I’d seen people destroyed by it before my eyes, time and time again. But eventually, I stopped feeling fear. Instead, I just felt cold, because I’d come to realize that no matter how much suffering or despair others experienced, the same would never happen to me.”
― Syougo Kinugasa, Classroom of the Elite (Light Novel) Vol. 7

“You were almost right. But unfortunately, Horikita, you were wrong about one thing. Right now, just for this moment, I'll tell you. I have never thought of you as my friend. I've never cared about you as a classmate. In this world, winning is everything. Your methods don't matter. I don't care what I have to sacrifice. As long as I have my victory in the end, I'll be fine.You, Hirata - no, all other people are nothing more than tools. I was complicit in what drove you to this. So, don't blame yourself, Horikita. You were useful to me.”
― Syougo Kinugasa, ようこそ実力至上主義の教室へ 3 [Youkoso Jitsuryoku Shijou Shugi no Kyoushitsu e (Novel) 3]

“The frog at the bottom of the well does not know the depths of the sea, but it knows the height of the sky.”
― Syougo Kinugasa, ようこそ実力至上主義の教室へ 11.5 [Youkoso Jitsuryoku Shijou Shugi no Kyoushitsu e 11.5]

“You don’t need to change your personality to be a part of society. You’re free to express your individuality, of course, but you must take other people’s feelings into consideration as you venture out into the world.”
― Syougo Kinugasa, ようこそ実力至上主義の教室へ 8 [Youkoso Jitsuryoku Shijou Shugi no Kyoushitsu e 8]

“At first, I cried. I cried because I missed people, and then I learned that no one was coming to help me.”
― Syougo Kinugasa, ようこそ実力至上主義の教室へ0

“There was no need for others to acknowledge my achievements. I understood and analysed myself as a person superior to anyone else.”
― Syougo Kinugasa, ようこそ実力至上主義の教室へ 2年生編12.5 [Youkoso Jitsuryoku Shijou Shugi no Kyoushitsu e 2nd Year 12.5]

“The sight reminded me of something I often saw in the past. The failures would always look back on their miserable situation and be filled with regret, even though it was too late for them. It was just as true here in this school as it was in the White Room.”
― Syougo Kinugasa, ようこそ実力至上主義の教室へ 2年生編5 [Youkoso Jitsuryoku Shijou Shugi no Kyoushitsu e 2nd Year 5]

“After finishing the call, I felt a subtle change in my emotions within the empty room.

Manipulating others with my own words.

That is, for me, classified as 'fun' behavior.

It didn't matter if the words were true or false.

The fact that I even found the other’s attempts to manipulate me 'fun.'

I even wanted to welcome being deceived unknowingly.

To know and learn about people. To be taught.

Many more people—or perhaps, bigger and unknown, giant opponents.

If I could control and master such people, I couldn't help but think it would be even more enjoyable.”
― Syougo Kinugasa, ようこそ実力至上主義の教室へ 2年生編9.5 [Youkoso Jitsuryoku Shijou Shugi no Kyoushitsu e 2nd Year 9.5]

“Who cares if we don't see the sunshine again, I want you more than any blue sky." - Hodaka”
― Makoto Shinkai, Weathering With You

“If what’s at the core is simple, the ornamentation becomes more effective.”
― Makoto Shinkai, Weathering With You

“And as the ax bites into the wood, be comforted in the fact that the ache in your heart and the confusion in your soul means that you are still alive, still human, and still open to the beauty of the world, even though you have done nothing to deserve it.”
― Paul Harding, Tinkers

“In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.”
― Albert Camus

“No. I can survive well enough on my own— if given the proper reading material.”
― Sarah J. Maas, Throne of Glass

“To the stars who listen—and the dreams that are answered.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Mist and Fury

“It's necessary to have wished for death in order to know how good it is to live.”
― Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo

“Life is a storm, my young friend. You will bask in the sunlight one moment, be shattered on the rocks the next. What makes you a man is what you do when that storm comes. You must look into that storm and shout as you did in Rome. Do your worst, for I will do mine! Then the fates will know you as we know you”
― Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo

“All human wisdom is contained in these two words - Wait and Hope”
― Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo

“I am not proud, but I am happy; and happiness blinds, I think, more than pride.”
― Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo

“The worst time to feel alone is when you're in a crowd.”
― Anthony Horowitz, Point Blank

“Childhood, after all, is the first precious coin that poverty steals from a child.”
― Anthony Horowitz, The House of Silk

“Inside every fat man, there's a thin man trying to get out.”
― Anthony Horowitz, Scorpia Rising

“You're nothing if you're not special.”
― Anthony Horowitz, Point Blank

“You can't understand where someone's going unless you understand where they've been.”
― Jerry B. Jenkins

“She'd laughed, and if he could have bottled the sound and gotten drunk on it every night, he would have. It terrified him.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Six of Crows

“No mourners. No funerals. Among them, it passed for 'good luck.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Six of Crows

“All that sadness. All that anger. It is the smoke that gets into your eyes. If you do not blow it away, how can you hope to see?”
― Anthony Horowitz, Russian Roulette

“Looking back now, I would say that this was one of the first valuable lessons I learned, and one that would be useful in my future line of work. Sometimes things go wrong. It is inevitable. But it is a mistake to waste time and energy worrying about events that you cannot influence. Once they have happened, let them go.”
― Anthony Horowitz, Russian Roulette