Nanami Quotes

Being a child is not a sin.

I've been desperately in love with you.

Some people cannot be helped. As long as you're in this business, there will come a day when you will also have to kill someone. But today is not that day. Please understand. Being a child is by no means a crime.

For a long time... I've been asking myself this question... Am I a memory? Are you... a memory? Are we just... a collection of memories? I've always been waiting... for the person who disappeared beyond those rails. Now I understand. It didn't end here. This place... was just the beginning.

Why... are you always so... reasonable about everything? How can you always be so strong?" "Before... I was never like this. The only reason... ...was you. It's because I met you. Yano, you made me strong.

He wants love. His desire to love someone... is stronger that anyone else's.

Yano. What is... happiness to you?" "Something like snow.

I'm an adult, you are a child. I have the duty to prioritize your life over my own.

My sailor's instincts are never wrong!" - Ryusui Nanami

There's nothing I can do to stop the tears. Who is going to save him? Even Takahashi can't do it... can she? There's no one else but you. Takahashi. Please... Please... don't abandon Moto.

Takahashi... I will always believe... what you tell me. That's the one thing that hasn't changed for me. You told me the last time we met, remember? You told me I'd be fine. You want to know something? You're my compass. How did I forget that? When did I forget that? We were always together. The love you always showed me... so tenderly... That precious heart I didn't want to break...

Finding More Fallen Out Hair On Your Pillow, Watching Your Favorite Stuffed Bread Disappear From Convenience Stores... The Accumulation Of Those Little Despairs Is What Makes A Person An Adult.” - Nanami

Livy

Death comes for us all. But we all die differently. - Nanami

Finding More Fallen Out Hair On Your Pillow, Watching Your Favorite Stuffed Bread Disappear From Convenience Stores... The Accumulation Of Those Little Despairs Is What Makes A Person An Adult.” - Nanami

I’m not saying that it isn’t important to succeed,’ Nanami continued, ‘but books teach us that other things are more vital. Like reaching out to help someone in need, listening to someone who is troubled, and understanding that there are things more valuable than money. They teach us ideas that can’t be explained by logic alone, concepts that are perhaps not so much the norm these days, but used to be common sense. And everyone understood them. If you read a book, you’d understand immediately.’ ‘But, as you said, so many people have already forgotten about these concepts. Doesn’t that mean they’re pointless nowadays? That they no longer serve any purpose?’ ‘Not at all. They give you great strength.’ ‘For example?’ ‘They teach you that there is hope to be found in all places. That you’re never alone. That you can run through a sea of flames and find your way out.

This is no longer the time in your life to be going to the library every day to read books. You ought to be more focused on your future. When you go out into society you’ll have to struggle by yourself to survive. Nobody’s going to help you.’ Nanami couldn’t believe that her father, who had once loved books so much, could be saying things like this. All at once, she realized why she was feeling that discomfort.

The world is in constant flux, but there are some things that must never change. And many of those things are written about in books. That’s why your mother and I used to say that we wanted you to read books from all over the world.’ ‘Books from all over the world . . .’ ‘And that’s why we gave you the name “Nanami” meaning “Seven Seas”. It’s to symbolize the whole world.

It’s not easy at all to explain why it’s wrong. Maybe it’s not something you understand through logic. It’s something you feel with your heart.’ Nanami looked down at her book.

Nanami laughed although she couldn’t help feeling a twinge of envy.

Bright sun shone from the sky and Nanami put her hand to her forehead to shade her eyes.

Tolstoy, Hesse, Kafka, Nietzsche, all those distinguished names arranged side by side, the full canon of their works. Dostoevsky was intimidating just by his presence, but the names of Kawabata Yasunori and Natsume Soseki, written in familiar kanji characters, were somehow comforting. Even though there were books that Nanami had read, she felt as if she had barely crossed the threshold into the world of such profound literature. The exquisite cloth binding of The Iliad and the gorgeous arabesque cover design of The Canterbury Tales made you want to snatch them up. The titles of Capek’s Rossum’s Universal Robots and Mann’s The Magic Mountain had long since caught her imagination, and she already planned to read them. She could see that every book had been placed with the greatest of care. Last time she was here, she’d been in no state to really observe her surroundings; now her heart beat faster just being able to take it all in. For a while, Nanami gazed up at the shelves, utterly entranced.

Nanami was doing her best to add a little humour to the situation, but the cat wasn’t amused.

After listening to the General’s oppressive voice, this young man’s way of speaking soothed Nanami’s heart and filled her with a pleasant warmth.

The castle walls were so high that Nanami and the cat couldn’t see the flames that surrounded them, but it was obvious to the pair that, just because the fire wasn’t visible, it didn’t mean that they were out of danger. The narrow sliver of red sky they could see above the walls was growing darker by the minute.

Nanami had a peculiar habit of reading multiple books at once, yet still feeling the need to reach for new ones. There were always so many books she wanted to read, far more than she could keep up with.

Nanami understood that rushing into an explanation meant you might in fact get further away from the answer. The same way that racing too quickly up a long flight of steps meant she risked having an asthma attack and being unable to go on. Taking things steadily, one step at a time, meant she would eventually make it to the exit.

Nanami didn’t mind knowing that she couldn’t run around in the woods like Huckleberry Finn or hike along train tracks like Gordie in The Body by Stephen King. Still, it would be a lie to say she didn’t regret her inability to move at a crucial moment like this one.

It’s a dog-eat-dog world out there. Those with power kick those weaker than themselves to the ground, and then trample all over them. It’s a new era where winner takes all. If you show too much kindness to others, someone will seize the opportunity to take advantage of you. In other words, imagination is a terrifying force that can only destroy your rich potential, Nanami.

And it’s not all about knowledge or wisdom. He also explained how if you read a lot of stories you become able to understand the feelings of many different people. That’s the power of imagination, and it’s one of the most important—’ ‘Imagination?!’ Nanami was interrupted by the high-pitched voice of the Prime Minister. Both she and the cat jumped at the sound. From the expression of horror on the minister’s face you would have thought he’d been informed of an untimely death. He leaned towards the girl, his eyes bulging. ‘But that’s the worst evil of all!’ ‘Imagination is evil?’ ‘Of course. You understand absolutely nothing. Have you ever properly considered what imagination is?’ His tone had taken on the quality of a schoolteacher berating a lazy pupil: impatient and expecting no response. ‘Imagination is the ability to think about others. To put yourself in their shoes, to be able to sympathize with those weaker than oneself, to become someone who can occasionally offer a helping hand. That’s the power of imagination.

Even though there were many things Nanami didn’t grasp, there was one thing she truly understood – that no matter how strongly you believed in something, that belief could be shattered in an instant.