“All truly strong people are kind.” KindnessStrength Book:Vagabond, Volume 25 Source: Vagabond, Volume 25
“Living while ignoring one's connection to heaven results only in pain. If there is a point to having been born then just take it all in. Each path born is by heaven perfectly decided and at once perfectly free... as long as everything is left up to heaven.” Deep Book:Vagabond, Volume 35 Source: Vagabond, Volume 35
“There are these times when I can really use a sword and during times like that... The depths of the center of my body glows. And for some reason when that happens I feel laughter well up in me and I want to pray.” Deep Book:Vagabond, Volume 35 Source: Vagabond, Volume 35
“Dude did you come here to lecture or to fight? BRING IT ON." -Slam Dunk” FightingLecturesSlamSlam Dunk Author:Takehiko Inoue
“Have you ever been on a roller coaster, Togawa-kun? You're only riding on it for a few minutes, right? If you spent the entire ride thinking "only so many seconds left... until this ride is over..." then what was the point of riding it in the first place? Nobody knows why we're alive. We don't have the time to bother.” IfsThinkingKnowsFirstsLeftAliveMinutesBotherSecondsRidingNobody KnowsRoller CoasterCoasters Author:Takehiko Inoue
“Nothing goes perfectly for us. But... being incomplete is what pushes us onward to the next something... If we were even perfectly satisfied, what meaning would the rest of our lives hold, right?” IfsNextOur LivesSatisfiedIncomplete Author:Takehiko Inoue
“Heaven doesn't laugh. It just smiles and stares.” HeavenLaughingStaringJust Smile Author:Takehiko Inoue