Pandora Hearts, Volume 8 Quotes

“Yes…it was when I was eleven…
“Reim, i entrust this important mission to thee. Deliver these letters directly into the hands of Duchess Rainsworth.”
“P-pardon me, but…in what vein might their contents be…?”
“Hah! ‘Tis obvious! They art love letters to Sheryl…No! They art missives of challenge! Proclamations of war that contain the pent up ill will of countless years!! Wah-ha-ha-ha-ha!!”
― Jun Mochizuki, Pandora Hearts, Volume 8

“Echo is only echo. In other words, just a reverberation.”
― Jun Mochizuki, Pandora Hearts, Volume 8

“Is there…some kind of meaning behind all this…? To keep on living…one needs a reason. Thus…I cannot yet—!”
― Jun Mochizuki, Pandora Hearts, Volume 8

“You’re…a “child of ill omen” too, aren’t you? Huh? Don’t you know? See, about one hundred years ago…people born with crimson eyes were called children of ill omen. It was said red eyes heralded disasters and stuff. And you were made to suffer such awful treatment…they’d call you a “child of misfortune” and say, “keep away”…even though all you were doing…was just being there…how fortunate to have been born in this age, right?”
― Jun Mochizuki, Pandora Hearts, Volume 8

“So people become stronger by living “for somebody else.” Then how to go about it rightly? What should one keep in mind…”
“It must be…never use “for somebody else”…as an “excuse”—”
No matter what answer you end up with…so long as that is the path you chose yourself…”
― Jun Mochizuki, Pandora Hearts, Volume 8

“I detested her. But…my resentment is uncalled for, wouldn’t you say? The one who made her do it was I. While declaring that it was all for my master’s sake…I was only thinking of myself. I just sought my own peace of mind. So young and immature was I then that I was unable to come to that very realization at once. When I finally did, endless despair gnawed at my body. I truly am…such an imbecile and so utterly helpless….”
“But…people aren’t so tough that they can live only for themselves…at least, that’s what I think, Break. Maybe the way you went about it was wrong, Break. But…if you’re even sweeping your feelings from back then under the rug like they’re something filthy….that right there makes me think you’re running away. Break…maybe you’re a whole lot weaker than even I think you are. But…I feel that you’re much, much stronger than you consider yourself to be.”
― Jun Mochizuki, Pandora Hearts, Volume 8