Puella Magi Madoka Magica Quotes

...We understood nothing at all. Not what it meant to wish for a miracle... nor its price.

Madoka: I want to erase the tears of all those who trusted in hope. I want them to be left with a smile on their faces.

Kyubey: When you decide to die for the good of the universe, call me anytime. I'll be waiting.

Kyōko: You... you call yourself human?! Homura: Of course not. Neither are you.

Kyubey: Why do you humans place so much value on housing your souls inside your bodies? It's a complete mystery to me.

Kyōko: ...You're the type who doesn't fight alongside people who slow you down, right? You pick the one thing in the world you wanna protect, and you protect it to the end. ...That's the right answer.

Madoka: I think it's because of your wish to protect me all this time that I am what I am now. And it's that "me" who has finally found an answer. So please... trust me.

Kyubey: ...Oh, geez. I never would have thought you capable of throwing your friend off a bridge. That wasn't a sane act, Madoka!

Junko: Your life doesn't belong to you alone...

Kyubey: You have no idea how much difficulty we go through trying to understand your human values. Presently there are six billion, eight hundred million of you, and you're increasing in number by a hundred every four minutes! What's the huge fuss over the death of each and every single creature? Madoka: If that's how you think of us, then yes, I see you are our enemy.

Miki-san... do you truly want that person's dream to come true? Or is it that you want to be that person's savior for making that dream come true? If you're going to fulfill someone else's dream, that's the time when it's most important to be sure you know your own wish. The two might seem the same, but they're entirely different.

Adults are always in pain. That's why we get to drink!

Junko: That sort of thing happens all the time. You get drunk on your own "correctness," and the more stubborn you get, the further happiness flies away from you. It's a bitter pill to swallow. Madoka: I wonder if there's any way I can help... Junko: Even good advice from others won't bring any clear solutions to someone in that frame of mind. ...Even so, you want to find a solution? Then go ahead and screw up. If she's being too correct, then somebody should make mistakes for her. Madoka: I should screw up...? Junko: Yep! Tell a really bad lie. Run away in the face of something scary. She may not understand what you're trying to do at first, but there are times when you realize in hindsight that a mistake was the right thing to do... During those times when you're just stuck for an answer, making a mistake is one method of unsticking yourself. Madoka, you've grown up to be a good kid. You don't tell lies, and you don't do bad things. You're a girl who works hard at what she thinks is right. You get an "A" as a child. So before you become an adult, you have to start practicing falling down. You see, we adults have our pride and responsibilities, so it becomes harder and harder to make mistakes.

Madoka: Won't anyone notice that Mami-san is dead? Homura: Mami Tomoe's only relatives are distant relations. It will be quite some time before anyone files a missing persons report. When one dies on that side of the wards, not even a body is left behind. She'll wind up forever a "missing person"... That is what happens to magical girls in the end. Madoka: ...That's too cruel! Mami-san has been fighting all alone for a long time for everyone's sake! For no one to even notice that she's gone... That's just too lonely a fate... Homura: It is just that kind of contract that gives us the power in the first place. It isn't for anyone else's sake. We fight on for the sake of our own prayer. So for no one to notice... for the world to forget us... That is just something we have to accept.

Madoka: I'm always... making somebody else fight for me. I can't do anything... Does that make me a coward? Kyōko: Why do you gotta be a magical girl? Madoka: "Why"...? Kyōko: ...This work isn't about playing around. When the job's about putting yourself in harm's way, the only ones who do it are the poor slobs who don't have any other choice. The others who are surrounded by loving families and have the whole world ahead of 'em... the idiots who become magical girls on a whim... They're the ones I can't accept. I just wanna crush 'em! ...Someday the time may come when you have your back to a wall and you gotta fight. You can think about that stuff when the time comes.

Kyōko: You found a reason to do battle, right? You're determined not to run away? Then you're doing all you can do. And the only thing left is to run with it as hard as you can.

What is more passionate than hope and deeper than despair? It's Love

I don't care whether I become a god or not. I don't want anyone who believes in hope to cry. I want them to smile until the very end. That's why... I will destroy any rules which get in the way of that! I will remake them! That is my wish!

Not feeling bad for others means having no regrets

I was waiting for this moment

Now perhaps you actually understand…the truth behind these magical girls you so wanted to be.

Why does humanity always cast aspersions on others simply out of regret for their failure to understand the consequences of their own decisions?

Magical girls are an existence that defies logic. So I am never shocked by how far beyond logic you go.

You pick the one thing in the world you wanna protect, and you protect it to the end…that’s the right answer.

The more times I repeat it, the more time slips slightly off kilter. Our feelings shift too, and it gets harder to communicate. I get the feeling I got lost in time long ago.

She cannot be saved as long as she has a shred of hope. You’ve seen that happen, too, right?

Why do you humans place so much value on housing your souls inside your bodies? It’s a complete mystery to me.

You and me…we both started out making the same mistake. But you shouldn’t be living a life of regret anymore. It means you’re paying far too high a price for this. It’s time to start thinking about getting back the value you were shortchanged.

All I want to keep Madoka from seeing your ruined form. Everything I do is for her sake.