Isekai Quotes

Your intestines have such a beautiful color to them.

The three of them were the ultimate warriors we all looked up to. Until the day it all came crashing down. That was the day our heroes died. That was the day a new hero was born.

Um, are you writing one of those isekai (Another World) novels? What’s the title?” Yuichi asked. Kanako: “Um, the title is My Demon Lord is Too Cute to Kill and Now the World is in Danger!” Yuichi: "I can’t really imagine what that would entail..." Yuichi felt a little disappointed. He’d been hoping she might have written something a little cuter.

I'm a stubborn moron who doesn't give up!

What do you think you know about me!? This is all I am! I have high hopes even though I'm powerless; I have all these dreams even though I'm dumb; I keep trying even though I can't do anything! I hate myself! I'm always nothing but talk! I'm worse than useless, but I'm still a world-class complainer! Who the hell do I think I am?! How dare I live such a shameful life this long?! I'm empty. I've got nothing inside me. Until I came here, until I met all of you, do you know what I was doing?! I wasn't doing anything. I didn't do anything... I didn't do one little thing! With all that time to do it! With all that freedom! I should have done lots of stuff, but I didn't do any of it! And this is the result! The man I am now is the result! I'm powerless, talentless, and all of it, all of it, is because of my rotten personality! I want to achieve something when I haven't done anything before--conceited doesn't even begin to describe it... I was lazy and imposed on other people; I wasted my whole life away; I killed you. I thought I could live here, but not a single thing's changed about me. That old man saw right through me, didn't he? During those days of training, the old man had spoken of those who wield the sword, but he had shaken his head and said, 'There is little point lecturing someone about what it takes to become stronger when he has already abandoned the choice to do so.' It's not like I really thought I'd get stronger or I'd be able to do anything... I just went through the motions. I was just a poser trying to justify myself. I wanted to say, I couldn't help it! I wanted other people to say it couldn't be helped! That's all it was! That's the only reason I pretended to put myself on the line like that! Even when you were helping me study, I was just putting on a show to cover up the embarrassment! I'm a small, underhanded, filthy guy down to the bone, always worrying about what other people think of me, and none of that's ever changed!

That Natsuki Subaru was a man, who even through eternity - was too vivid to ever fade to sepia!

And now I’m in hell.

Not even an architect can stop a tower from falling over when it's built on twisted foundation.

O você de ontem é mais ignorante que o você de hoje. O você de hoje possui menos conhecimento que o você de amanha. Por mais insignificante que seja você possui mais sabedoria no presente do que no passado, e possuirá ainda mais no futuro.

cardamom. Using just the tip of his finger, he coated a

They’re definitely still alive; she can see them breathing. Well, it’s hardly the worst meal she’s had recently. She

I try mentally yelling at the rats to do a backflip or file my taxes,

In three days she had subdued a large group of mythical creatures into being subservient to her; not only that, but she had enslaved one of them, and another one had become a servant⁠— oh and she had killed the highest standing dragon amongst all of them.

Baah… I can’t understand women at all.

Fighting monsters is easy. Talking to girls is hard,

Cowards are people who betray their own ideals out of fear. Choosing a peaceful life and sticking to it, even knowing that means you may be exposed to danger someday, is extremely brave.

Maybe someday. But for now, he’s a weird snake. Can you even run with those legs, or do you still slither while paddling with them like a demented rowboat? Are you any faster now? I bet you’re slower.

Fleshy Undead

Ah, fishing! That should be a lot simpler than trying to teach them how to domesticate whatever is walking or flying in the deeper tunnels. Thank you,

He had spent probably the last twenty minutes throwing up,

I’ll go get my extra-sharp daggers.

You miss all the shots you don’t take.” “I’d rather not take the shot and have something approaching happiness than take the shot and shoot myself in the foot,

Lord Seiji!” Sakin turned to me, putting on a wounded expression in the dimness. “A man has to take pride in his work. Where’s the satisfaction in standing over the ash and ruin of your enemy’s hopes and dreams if you know, in your heart of hearts, that you half-assed it?” Slowly, I turned to meet his eyes. “You will either be the first to betray me, or my last loyal servant by my side as we charge into the jaws of hell.” “Right?” He grinned in sheer delight. “I don’t know about you, my lord, but I’m excited to find out which! We’re going places, you and I.

It was, I remained aware, deeply hypocritical for me to take moral offense at what I was seeing here; my own goal was to use these people. I was not planning to use them anywhere near as brutally as their current exploiters, but still. Being a lesser breed of asshole doesn’t mean you get to call yourself a hero. It was just … You couldn’t see shit like this without feeling something, unless you were a psychopath.

copying the maps.

Aww, we’re not even going to say goodbye, Titania whined. I hate all that mysterious-wanderer stuff. Getting credit and receiving thanks makes me feel pretty good! Can’t we at least see some of the smiles on the faces of the children? “The faces of the children who now get to grow up with the immense mental trauma of having seen their friends and family slowly eaten alive by some hideous thing?” Everly asked pointedly.

Wait until we’re at least eighteen. That’s the only legal standard we’ll ever commit to,

My only regret in life is not being more selfish!

You have memories of your past life in your head, but your body is that of a twelve-year-old boy, and that makes you a twelve-year-old boy. The water fills the vessel, but the vessel is not the water and the water is not the vessel; this is wisdom.

Ava looked confused. "No, a coffee tavern. We could call it Legends and Lattes.

And now he lived in a crappy medieval world where a hot night on the town probably meant an extra portion of gruel and splitting an apple between fourteen people.

with my mysterious Healer persona, I forbore comment. It was, I remained aware, deeply hypocritical for me to take moral offense at what I was seeing here; my own goal was to use these people. I was not planning to use them anywhere near as brutally as their current exploiters, but still. Being a lesser breed of asshole doesn’t mean you get to call yourself a hero. It was just … You couldn’t see shit like this without feeling something, unless you were a psychopath.

respectively. “It’s been a long time since I saw her like … Well. We’ve survived. You survive long enough, and you start to forget that’s not the same thing as living.

You do whatever you have to do, Lord Seiji, and never make excuses or justifications; never pretend you haven’t done what you’re ashamed of. And, every time you have the opportunity, be kind. Take any chance to put some good into the world, in payment of the bad.” “Do you think that actually balances out?” “I’m not sure I believe balance is … a thing. How would you even begin calculating the weight of good and evil? Maybe the goddess … sorry, goddesses can do it, but I dunno. I just live with the fact that there’s no real certainty about anything and all I can control is how much of an effort I make. So I try to do good. To be kind.

She is like a dragon; there is a risk of catastrophic failure to every interaction with her no matter how clever we are.

It’s only against the law if you get caught.

And now we have to give him medical attention.

You said to give him a chance.” I shook my head. “And if he fails at his duty even if slightly, then I’ll dispose of him myself.” Regis shivered to my comment but frantically nodded

So I can trust you because you were deemed clinically insane

If love were a prescribed medication, then the list of side effects that they’d have to quickly mention at the end of the advertisement would be comically large. Warning: Stop feeling love and contact a mental health professional immediately if you feel the following: jealousy, insecurity, irrationality, anger, depression, euphoria, an urge to kill, an urge for suicide, happiness, an inability to feel happiness, a desire for expressive language, an inability to express yourself with language, et cetera

Superman has the same problem that Goku does,” Nev said contemptuously. “Dude can throw a planet into the sun, but he can’t win an argument with his wife.

We can surpass ourselves in life by following our passion.

So far as Subaru knew, the person best suited for a moonlit sky was without a doubt Emilia. Her silver hair twinkled and glimmered in a way the sun’s rays never did. Emilia’s beauty was like fleeting moonlight. That’s why Subaru hoped to one day become a star that nestled up to the moon.

There’s nothing left inside me and I’m an exhausted, hollow shell. My chest collapses onto the kitchen countertop and on any other day, the ice-cold marble would force me awake. Tonight, I’m out of luck and I’m utterly screwed.

Colour spreads heat across my face as my eyes fixate on the swirls in the marble counter again. I'm giving him everything he wants. A reaction. Any reaction. Because no matter how much I try to deny it, my reaction shows him that I care. "I hate you." "No, you don't." "You don’t know what I'm feeling." "You're angry, hurt and betrayed. But you do not hate me, love. And you never have.

Regret is what happens the morning after the night before. I regret going out for drinks after work. I regret not saying no to the third, fourth or any of the subsequent cocktails I enjoyed. I regret forgetting to cancel my alarm and I regret that I’m unable to call in sick to work. Most of all, I regret that I’d taken the promotion six months ago

Look, fairies and Roman gods don’t exist, and even if they did then I’m not the long-lost daughter of Fortuna – and I am not going on some treasure hunt around London for some trinkets.

Help yourself,” Raegel grins as he grabs several of the miniature strawberry tarts, presumably hoping to bribe me with cake. “These strawberry things are particularly good.

My survival instincts scream that it’s now or never. Get out now or get hurt, really hurt. And then killed, slowly and painfully. Get the hell out now.

Matthew stares at me and steps towards me, closing the distance until there’s hardly any space between us. I stare back as he lowers his head towards mine and neither of us blinks. It’s blatant intimidation and we both know it, but the thing is that I’m not going to cave. I’m not going to back down. “Luck only gets you so far, Lily. It runs out after a while,” he smirks. I thrust my knee into his groin as hard as I damn well can. He falls backwards and groans as he collapses to the floor. “I didn’t need luck for that, asshole.

You’re awake,” she says softly. “How’s the head?” I plant my hands in my lap. “I’ve had worse.” She grins back. “Yeah. How’s that hangover?” “Replaced by the searing pain that’s left behind after someone sucker punches you.

It’s going just fine,” I deadpan. “I mean, you’re all completely mad but I’m sure you look the part when you put those frilly skirts on. Do the stick-on ears come as part of the costume or do you have to buy them separately?

I’m not sure if this is a war of attrition, but I’m not taking any chances and I’m determined to win it.

When are you going to stop being difficult?” he complains. “When are you going to stop being an asshole?” I hiss back.

No more escape attempts. No more being deliberately rude or irritating. No more kicking people in the groin,” Raegel adds. I nod. “No more drugging me and absolutely no dragging me around or locking me up.” My hands have made their way onto my hips and we’re negotiating like an angry couple. “I can’t promise not to knee someone in the groin. He had it coming.

There’s a joke in there about the size of your wings and the size of something else but maybe now isn’t the time.

I need you to stay really still for me.” His voice trembles just enough for me to hear it and his heartbeat quickens. “You’re inside my wings and it’s a fae thing. Stay still for a bit, there’s a good girl.

You do realise that you are being hunted?” he yells. “And you do not want them to take you alive.” “Are you suggesting I should just kill myself now?

Fortune favours the brave, Riven – and we may as well start now. I need to know I’m right before we tell Raegel. I won’t try anything – think of it as a field trip.

You do exactly what I say when I say it and if you even think about trying anything stupid I will yank you off the ground so hard that you land in next week.

Never choose Riven over me again, Lily. I do not like it and I won’t tolerate it.” I’m speechless. I’m not sure if I’m still breathing. And I’m barely standing up anymore. His wings wrap around me and hold me upright as his hands stroke my face. “One last thing,” he smirks. “Pull anything like that ever again and I’ll spank you so hard that you can’t sit down for a week.

I didn’t agree to be yours.” “You haven’t agreed not to be. You kissed me and that makes you mine unless you reject me. You haven’t, so you remain mine.

Lily, it’s in my nature to be possessive. It’s the way fae are. Don’t expect me to change. Don’t expect me to let other males come near you. Don’t expect me to let anyone think about touching you. You are mine and that makes you untouchable.

You can’t just leave here,” Van concludes. “And Raegel can’t just let you go. It would be better if you saw this for what it actually is.” “And what’s that, Van?” She grins and her sapphire eyes light with amusement. “One of those times the stars align and everything works out for everyone.” I want to believe that that’s true, I really do. But I can’t quite bring myself to believe that it really is that easy, and my doubt comes out when I reply. “Isn’t that lucky for everyone involved?” Van throws her head back and laughs. “Luck has everything to do with it.

He bit you?” asks Raegel, his anger filling the car as he demands that the driver go faster. I nod, using the last of my energy. “I bit him first though.” “You what?” Raegel’s concern is palpable and he’s holding me tightly enough that I know I’ll never get away. “I had to make him drop me,” I mumble as my vision fades. “So I fucking bit him over Hyde Park.” I hear the three of them curse and everything else fades into an incoherent blur as I slip into unconsciousness.

Hunt him down, Matthew. Whatever it takes – hunt him like the vermin he is and do whatever you need to make him talk. But leave him alive at the end of it. I’ll kill him myself.” “You will not.” “I damn well will, Lily. He’s harmed you and I’ll have his life for it.” I swallow and stare him down. “Find him and bring him here, Matthew. I don’t care what you do with him but leave him alive. I’ll decide what happens after you’re done with him.” Shadows cross from Raegel’s face onto mine. “You can play with him all you want, love, but he’s not leaving here alive.

Surrender, Lily. Stop doubting this and trust it. Trust this.

You are drawn to me and I to you because this is sacred. We are as attracted to each other as if we are the very air we breathe, and that is the pull that we feel. You could wound me, betray me, maim me, and leave me for dead and I would still be drawn to you. I would still protect you. I would still be yours.

You’re two people, so perfect for each other that you’re two halves of the same soul. So perfect that you complete each other and are almost indivisible, bound to each other for eternity. An eternity during which you’ll experience the other’s joy and pain and hope and agony and devotion. The bond forms from love that’s so pure that even the gods weep at its beauty

It’s not that I enjoy wallowing in self-pity, but quite frankly I’m well within my rights to have a moment.

Destiny isn’t fixed, Raegel, and I’m going to choose my fate.

I gave you a choice Lily,” his words spit out of his mouth. “I still give you a choice. But you cannot escape fate.

He notices every flicker that every muscle makes, and he takes all of it in and reads my reaction so perfectly that it’s remarkable. I adore it because he knows exactly how I’m feeling. I loathe it because he knows exactly how I’m feeling.

I mean it, Lily. Sit on my lap, right now, or I will make you.

So stubborn, Lily. Now, say yes.” “Yes.” “Now, say please,” he grins. “No,” I toss my head. “So much fire, so much fight.” That finger trails down my centre again, leaving a blaze of destruction in its wake. “You will need it.

Ư̸̖̦̥͑̌͋̀͘n̷̳̼̙̐̎͌͐̈́̈͜ḵ̶̢̥̬̘̪̯͐͊ͅṇ̶̢̲̌͆͝o̷͇̓̅͐͌̐̄̽̈́w̵͚̤̮̖̋̀͛̂n̸̨͈̜̦̼̙͙̿̏.

and that spear… it just blew its head off.

[̷̨͖̕G̷̤̅ư̵̢̱̂ă̶̹̬ṙ̷̥d̸̩̾i̶̩̝̅a̵͍͗͌n̷̙̦͠ ̶͙̿̾ò̸̡̓f̵͙͔̄ ̵̀ͅţ̵̊̾h̷͔͍͆ȇ̸̮̱̄ ̶̨̾Ț̶̪̂e̴̖̍ṁ̵̘p̷͍̫̓́ĺ̸̺͙̆ḙ̴̛̎.̶̩̪̆͝ ̵͉͒T̵̗́ĭ̷̬́ë̵͎͜r̵̮̈́͠:̷̬͆̿ ̵̦͋S̷̘̘̒S̶̗͙̿̀]̸̧͗͛

All the protagonists of the isekai light novels I read received cheat skills, defeated the Demon Lord, opened their own pharmacy, became Beta testers, upgraded their shield until it wasn’t even a shield anymore, traveled together with a sexy wise wolf, or lived a loner life in a dungeon until they were more powerful than the classmates they were summoned with.

Strength: 27 Constitution: 21 Endurance: 32 Wisdom: 17 Perception: 30 Agility: 41 Charisma: 12 Luck: 19

But alas, all they did was go about their day, working the field or tending to the livestock with the practiced hand of an opiate addict two weeks after his last fix.

Boredom was the single greatest killer of assassins. Because a bored assassin was a sloppy assassin.

They must be idiots. All of them. Or just careless. But at some point, they become interchangeable. Both get you killed just as quickly.

Torture was very much an unreliable method of gathering information, but the fear of torture often worked far better than the actual thing.

Trust is the most valuable commodity in this life. The easiest to spend and the hardest to gain. If ya found someone to trust, ya keep her close.

Even for someone who wasn’t a professional killer, listening was an invaluable skill to have.

If you worry about what everyone is trying to do, you become a spectator and not a player.” ─Brent Weeks

Isekai Rule #21: When in Rome, bow and scrape like the Romans. You gain nothing from asserting your independence in the face of people who command armies.

Holy Moly How did … That shouldn’t have worked. NOTHING should have worked. Oooh, I’m Matt, look at me, I’m messing everything up AND I have bombs. Wheeeeee. Just great. More work for the system, ugh.

+ Dunque è qui che perirai, impotente e senza eguali? + + Qual tristezza, così mi deludi + + Non sei forse tu il guerriero leggendario? + + Il combattente della vita, il trionfo dei preludi + + Dov’è finita l’ode, il canto temerario? + Come posso rispondere a queste domande? Non sono che un ragazzo, di un altro mondo, — di un altro piano. —

My best move may be to set up the chessboard, watch my foe's moves, and be fully prepared to kick the table over and punch them in the mouth.

Logically, it makes sense. Unfortunately, I'm still pretty sure I'm missing something, because it feels like my Fate affinity is giggling at me.

There is always a 9-year-old better than you.