Nancy > Nancy's Quotes

“Recipes are just descriptions of one person’s take on one moment in time. They’re not rules.”
― Mario Batali

“As soon as I take down her book and open it...My skies rise higher and hang younger stars.”
― Eavan Boland

“You do have a story inside you; it lies articulate and waiting to be written — behind your silence and your suffering.”
― Anne Rice

“People do not change, they are merely revealed.”
― Anne Enright, The Gathering

“If you don't like someone's story, write your own.”
― Chinua Achebe

“Humans cannot reject temptation. When they are plunged into the depths of despair, likened to hell, they will hold on to anything that may help them escape from the situation they are in, even if it's merely a spider's thread, no matter what sort of humans they are.”
― Yana Toboso

“Yes, My Lord.”
― Yana Toboso

“I like black for clothes, small items, and jewelry. It's a color that can't be violated by any other colors. A color that simply keeps being itself. A color that sinks more somberly than any other color, yet asserts itself more than all other colors. It's a passionate gallant color. Anything is wonderful if it transcends things rather than being halfway...”
― Yana Toboso, Black Butler I

“Child, you are finally going out to carry out missions. As your teacher, I am extremely relieved, but there are some instructions that I must give you before I can truly be at ease.”
“I will definitely be careful, teacher.”
I felt extremely moved ; my teacher is truly very concerned about me !
“Yes, child, you must be careful ! Remember, a Sun Knight must always maintain his graceful demeanor, regardless of time and place.”
I nodded my head obediently.
“Teacher, I will complete my mission very gracefully.”
(Back then, I had gone through a lifestyle involving lots of falling down for several months already. On average, I would have to look for a cleric once every three days to cast a high level healing spell on me to cure the wounds I receive from a particularly nasty fall.)
My teacher shook his head and said, “Child, completing the mission gracefully is but the basics.”
“Then what’s more advanced than that ?”
“Child, you must remember, when you have failed your mission and are near death, at that time, you must...”
“Pray to the God of Light ?”
“No, you must contemplate what sort of pose you will die in, and if that pose will be accompanied by a serene expression or a heroic one. Still more important is the question of whether you will die from a single thrust to the heart from your enemy or if you will slit your own throat, and so on and so forth. Only after all of the important circumstances surrounding your death have been planned out and arranged perfectly can you pass away in as graceful a position as possible ! Even in the face of death, a Sun Knight must die very gracefully !”
“...”
― Yu Wo, 騎士基本理論

“The harsh God of Light will punish you for your sins.”
― Yu Wo, 騎士基本理論

“Child, your lesson for today is to drink wine.”
“What ? But teacher, doesn’t the Sun Knight have a low tolerance for drink ?”
“The Sun Knight always forgives others, but have you ever really forgiven someone ?”
“Nope.”
“The Sun Knight always wears a smile, but how many times have you really smiled from the bottom of your heart ?”
“Only a few times...”
“The Sun Knight is a benevolent spokesperson, but are you really benevolent ?”
“...”
“Child, if you have a low tolerance for drink, then how are you going to make sure that after drinking, you’ll still be able to maintain the image of the Sun Knight as someone who turns red on the first cup, has a headache with the second cup, and topples over unconscious after the third ? So you see, the idea that the Sun Knight has low tolerance for drink is actually founded on the premise that the Sun Knight cannot be defeated by drink.”
This argument might sound really reasonable, but when I think about it carefully, it seems to be full of contradictions as well !
“Drink up, child. You have to drink wine every night for the next month, until you can drink wine like it’s just water.”
“...”

The year I turned twelve, I became someone who could drink wine as easily as water, an undefeatable drinker, all for the sake of the Sun Knight’s image as a lightweight drinker.”
― Yu Wo, 騎士基本理論

“The benevolent God of Light will forgive your sins.”
― Yu Wo, 騎士基本理論

“While I was contemplating what to do, Storm’s voice came from behind me. “Sun, could you come and chat with me for a while ?”
“Brother Storm, would you like to talk about the God of Light’s benevolence or the God of Light’s devotion ?”
Of course I would ! I was actually trying to find someone, anyone, to talk to so that I could pass some time not waving, so that my subsequent waving speed could be increased slightly. However, I never thought that Storm would actually initiate a conversation with me.
But Storm initiating a conversation with me is a strange thing ; he always says that talking to me for one minute is about as exhausting as winking one hundred times. We only need to talk for ten minutes for him to have an especially good night’s sleep that night, because he would be way too tired.
“We don’t need to look for a topic, its fine to just talk about anything ; I just want to pretend to be talking.” After Storm’s hurried explanation, he saw my doubtful expression and added, “You know, there are hundreds of women on this street right now, and this march will pass by more than ten streets. If I have to wink at every single woman, then at the end of this march, even if I don’t go blind, I will still suffer a horrible fate. So, my teacher taught me the technique of handling this march with only one thousand winks !”
“...” Why does this sentence sound so familiar ?”
― Yu Wo, 騎士每日例行任務

“Vice-Captain Adair: No. Captain entrusted this to us, so we must see it through no matter what. Or have you forgotten the very first thing our Captain taught us?

'If I tell you to jump off a cliff, You jump off a cliff, Or I will push you off the cliff, And shove a giant rock down there to keep you company!

Ed: Remember back then, Captain smiled so radiantly at everyone, and we thought he had such a nice temper he wouldn't be mad even if you stomped on his head twice. We learnt the truth, soon enough, that you're dead meat if you aren't humble enough to let him stomp on your head twice.

Sun's Knight talking about Sun”
― Yu Wo, The Legend of Sun Knight, Vol. 4

“Child, from this day forth you are the successor to the position of Sun Knight. So long as you stand firm in the face of tribulation, grow in courage with each trial you encounter, and defend your knight’s honor no matter what difficulty or temptation you face, you will receive from my hands the title of Sun Knight the day you come of age.”
“Teacher, may I recant my decision ?”
“No !”
“Why ?”
“Because I forgot to choose a back-up Sun Knight.”
“...”
― Yu Wo, 騎士基本理論

“Roland had the distinctive blazing eyes of a death knight, but he was no ordinary death knight. A tattoo of black fire burned on his pale-colored corpse. A set of dragon wings with razor-sharp claws sprouted from his back and a thick aura of darkness permeated the air around him.
He is a creature specifically mentioned by the Textbook of Undead Creatures that must in no circumstances be created. He can summon an entire legion of undead and is considered to be the strongest amongst undead creatures — a Death Lord. He... He was at this moment wearing a pink apron, squatting on the ground, and scrubbing the floor with a cleaning rag.”
― Yu Wo, 騎士每日例行任務

“Child, now I will teach you how to wave at a crowd.”
“Teacher, do I really need to learn something like waving ?”
“Child, using your normal speed of waving, if you wave continuously for one minute, how many times will you wave in total ?”
One minute later...
“Teacher, I waved eighty-eight times.”
“Then, the last time I went on a parade with the king, how much time did it take ?”
“About three hours.”
“Now, child, let’s do some math ! If you waved eighty-eight times in one minute, after waving for three hours, how many times will you wave in total ?”
“Fifteen thousand eight hundred and forty times.”
“Child, now let me ask you a health education question : if you wave continuously for fifteen thousand eight hundred and forty times, what will your hand look like ?”
“...I don’t know.”
“That is why, child, you are now learning how to use one thousand waves to handle one parade. Or do you want to wave a full fifteen thousand eight hundred and forty times during all of your parades in the future ?”
“Teacher ! Please, you must teach me how to wave !”
― Yu Wo, 騎士每日例行任務

“Judge Knight: Here's a word of advice. Our Sun Knight has the nerve to PLOT THE DOWNFALL OF A KING. DO NOT get on his bad side if you don't have a status higher than that.
Storm Knight: In addition he has mastered the Resurrection Spell, which even the Pope has a hard time with. And he's an expert of divine magic, sorcery, and necromancy. Then he's got a teacher who's known as 'the strongest Sun Knight in history' as his supporter, not to mention his other teacher who's no doubt a necromancer... Oh, and while we're at it he's probably also buddies with a Death Lord.
Everyone's Thoughts: His extraordinarily bad swordsmanship really is a stroke of good fortune.
Earth Knight: Dammit! Is he the Sun Knight or the devil himself?!
Leaf Knight: Have you forgotten what our teachers taught us all throughout our childhood, Earth?
Teacher: 'Child, when you accidentlly discover the imperfections of the Sun Knight, unless you want to have a first hand experience of his imperfections, you'd better dutifully admit he is perfect. Remember, no matter what the Sun Knight is always perfect!”
― Yu Wo , The Legend of Sun Knight, Vol. 3