“I still don't know what it really means to grow up. However, if I happen to meet you, one day in the future, by then, I want to become someone you can be proud to know.”
― Makoto Shinkai, quote from 5 Centimeters per Second
“Maybe we tried to leave as much memories of ourselves with each other because we knew one day we wouldn't be together any more.”
― Makoto Shinkai, quote from 5 Centimeters per Second
“I see why now Tohno-kun is different from the others. Like the rocket shooting off into space, on the loneliest journey to the far end of the solar system. Because he's always looking at something beyond me. He can never see me. I cried myself to sleep, thinking of him.”
― Makoto Shinkai, quote from 5 Centimeters per Second
“This is not the place for me. I really think that I don't belong here. But I don't know where I want to go, and I don't have legs that can carry me somewhere.”
― Makoto Shinkai, quote from 5 Centimeters per Second
“I probably just want to leave a trace of myself behind in this world.”
― Makoto Shinkai, quote from 5 Centimeters per Second
“I love you. I can't remember when I fell in love with you but very naturally, I had fallen in love with you before I knew it. The first time I met you, you were a strong and kind boy. You always protected me.”
― Makoto Shinkai, quote from 5 Centimeters per Second
“In the end, the train stood 2 hours motionless in the middle of nowhere.
Every minute seemed like an eternity.
Time felt crept by slowly, with clear malice towards me. All I could do was grip my teeth and try to hold back my tears...
Akari... Please, don't wait for me...
If you'd just go home.”
― Makoto Shinkai, quote from 5 Centimeters per Second
“The feelings were still fresh as if it all just happened yesterday.”
― Makoto Shinkai, quote from 5 Centimeters per Second
“I’ve been worried for a long time. I’ve just been doing what I could. I don’t really have much choice.”
― Makoto Shinkai, quote from 5 Centimeters per Second
“Yesterday, I had a dream... A dream I have had since long ago. In that dream, we had yet to turn 13. We were in a vast countryside, completely covered with snow. The lights of the houses extended far into the distance, a dazzling sight. We walked on the thick caprpet of fresh snow, but did not leave any footprints. And like that... 'Someday we will be able to watch the cherry blossoms together again'. Both of us, without any doubt... That's what we thought.”
― Makoto Shinkai, quote from 5 Centimeters per Second
Makoto Shinkai
Born place: in Nagano, Japan
Born date February 9, 1973
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“No harm in listening. Alexei's a child, not a wizard. We don't lose control of our brains by listening.”
― Katherine Rundell, quote from The Wolf Wilder
“Sheep used to have wings. One flew into the sky and all the others followed. They took their wings off while feeding in the warm sun but the wind blew away their wings so they couldn't fly anymore. They had to return to earth by drifting to where the sky curves down and touches the land, and then walk round the long way.. i like that..”
― Richard Adams, quote from The Plague Dogs
“Nathaniel did his best to keep quiet and think of something else, but he couldn’t help but wonder just exactly what a vampire could have had for lunch. “Tuna salad, mate,” Liam answered. “But I’m due some human any day now, so please, do your best to not look appetizing.”
― J.D. Estrada, quote from Only Human
“If she needed him, he'd be there instantly, no questions asked, and he knew she'd do the same. She was here now. They had their bulgogi. This is what a family was. Or should be.”
― Patrick Ness, quote from Release
“terror should remain the sole prerogative of the state.”
― William Gibson, quote from The Peripheral
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The Devouring
To Have and Have Not
Mein Kampf
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