Ai Yazawa Quotes & Sayings

The more my dream are fulfilled the quicklier they become realities losing their shine. — Ai Yazawa

They say that only very good friends quarrel. But at the end of the day a quarrel is a fight between two people's egos. Since people cannot understand each other by just being honest. May be its impossible to live your whole life without getting hurt but don't hurt the people close to you. — Ai Yazawa

Sometimes isn't it better to have some time and space to ourselves? We will have new perception of things. — Ai Yazawa

The things that stress me out haven't changed.
But I don't wanna lose anything.
So I thought that at least I would change.
I'm lucky ... that I'm afraid of losing something. — Ai Yazawa

I'll make you so in love with me, that everytime our lips touch, you'll die a little death. — Ai Yazawa

At that time I told myself that I didn't want to fall in love ever again. But that night while praying for your happiness Nana, I thought that despite all the wounds and all the pains it could cause I wanted to dream again, and love someone with all my heart. — Ai Yazawa

For us who choose our dreams over our love the only thing we can do for love is perhaps to release the lock around our necks. Through that, the pain may vanish. — Ai Yazawa

Even if you fall on the runway, I wouldn't blame you. It would mean that we made a mistake in choosing you. — Ai Yazawa

Thinking about it, my high school days started with love and ended with love and that is the truth. — Ai Yazawa

In the world of art, all things are possible.
George from Paradise Kiss — Ai Yazawa

In this sleepless night, as the darkness advances, look up at the sky and somehow remember that somewhere in this wide world, there are always people who love you, and people who need you. Because every person can't go on living alone. — Ai Yazawa

Stop rushing me. I want to take my time falling in love with you. — Ai Yazawa

Nana ... how come being happy and making your dreams come true are two different things? Even now, I still don't know why ... — Ai Yazawa

I want to protect my own happiness. I'm not an angel. I'm just a normal girl. — Ai Yazawa

You know Nana, I searched and searched, but could never find the key that unlocked the way. And now that I've stopped looking, I've finally found it. Maybe the door will open for me. — Ai Yazawa

Don't say the words I wanted to hear from Ren. — Ai Yazawa

The loneliness caused by not hearing Ren's voice ... I felt it deep in the night. I felt it deeper than anyone else.
Even now at times I look back. In this ordinary life without Ren, I think my life with him was like a dream.
Especially on a snowy night like this.
On a night as cold as this. Someone keep this guy warm for me, please. — Ai Yazawa

I want to be spoiled like a child. Cry to my heart's content. But I can only suppress my feelings.. — Ai Yazawa

Hey, Nana ...
people's feelings change easily ...
what you see is a house of cards ...
nothing's sure,
and nothing lasts forever. — Ai Yazawa

Tell me, Nana,
If for example we had been a love couple,
Would a hug have been enough to wash away my sadness?
Or then; does every single being carry this loneliness, like a burden?
I wans't intending to monopolizing you
I just wanted you to need me. — Ai Yazawa

That moment I felt a bit like crying. I don't really know why. Nana's hand felt so warm that it even warmed my heart. — Ai Yazawa

When dawn comes, that memory gradually distances ... Tonight, I will bring it to sleep with me, so that will not be taken away by the waves of the night ... — Ai Yazawa

People can have lovers..they can have friends..they can be together..but when you think about it..you'll see that originally..we're alone — Ai Yazawa

I, who was empty ... I made myself believe that I could only fill it.. by falling in love ... at that time to me.. in this world around you, Nana ... Everything was so shiny that I was blinded. That doesn't mean that anyone would suit me ... I just wanted to be in the same light as you. — Ai Yazawa

I was happy anywhere I could see the ocean. — Ai Yazawa

So you have to accept facts as fact. — Ai Yazawa

The truth is I always loved him. From the first time I saw him he was so great. But that time I was hurt. I might have been selfish but I was so hurt. I was afraid I would feel more pain. Now I remember every time I was with Shouji I felt better. You hugged me secretly with your heart, didn't you? Now I want you to embrace me with all that warmth, with all your strength. — Ai Yazawa

Having someone you love say "Thank you" is more rewarding than just having them say "I love you. — Ai Yazawa

Cinderella's glass shoe was the perfect size ... so why did it slip off as she ran?- It must have been to attract the attention of Prince Charming.. I don't see any other explanation — Ai Yazawa

Hey, Hachi
People always say that you only discover how precious something is after you lose it
but I think, you only really recognize it ... when you see it a second time face to face.
-Nana Osaki — Ai Yazawa

Don't just give up, Hachiko.
Life is about getting knocked down over and over, but still getting up each time.
If you keep getting up, you win. — Ai Yazawa

People say love can be developed, but in the end only person you love is themselves. that's why you choose to love someone who can please you the most. - Takumi — Ai Yazawa

I wanted to have a good relationship. One that's romantic and dramatic, like in the movies. But I finally became a woman at 17 and learned that men aren't really that simple. — Ai Yazawa

It's been a year and nine month since we broke up. It's almost the second spring since then. When I turn 20 in March, I'm going to buy myself a much deserved present. A one way ticket to Tokyo. As for luggage, all I need is my guitar and my smokes. - Nana — Ai Yazawa

Don't do stuff that freaks him out, like what you're doing now. Do something that makes him happy. — Ai Yazawa

Do you remember the time we met? The wind blew the snow about on the outside, the train moved, stopped, and then moved some more. It took us five hours to reach Tokyo, but I wasn't bored one bit. I didn't really get to hear so much about Nana. But I knew I would have loved ... To hear what Nana had to say about herself. - Nana Komatsu — Ai Yazawa

To love someone, why do you need society's approval and permission? — Ai Yazawa

Are you living everyday so that even if the end were to come you'd have to regrets? — Ai Yazawa

Even now, sometimes on street corners ... when I meet someone, I see your shadow. I'm sure that even now, you're still wearing that man's cologne ... so you can sleep, even alone ... — Ai Yazawa

I always thought that life was about standing your ground, no matter how strong the current was. But going with the flow isn't so bad after all. As long as it takes you forward. — Ai Yazawa

For my 20th birthday in March, I'll buy myself a present for doing my best. A one way ticket to Tokyo. All I need is my guitar and a pack of cigarettes. — Ai Yazawa

His hands are saying that he wants to hold her. His feet are saying that he wants to chase after her ... He's probably forgotten that I'm here, beside him — Ai Yazawa

Being alone and being lonely are two different things. — Ai Yazawa

In this world, not everything will be won by justice. If you want to win, you have to learn how to cheat. (Nana) — Ai Yazawa

I have to get back to the hotel. But I don't know the way. I always rely on Shouji so I didn't notice where we were going. Nut I came to this point. without realising my attitude and actions. It's like I am slowing falling into a valley. I wonder where I'm standing now. — Ai Yazawa

The dreams we are chasing and the reality that is chasing us are always parallel; they never meet. — Ai Yazawa

Somehow, it seems like in the end, I was the only person left behind, all alone. — Ai Yazawa

Maybe I'm just farsighted. The further away something is, the better I can see it but once it gets close, I lose sight of it. — Ai Yazawa

That overflowing feeling became love. But I don't sing for Ren's sake. I sing for myself everyday. — Ai Yazawa

Many things happened in my life, and I thought that they changed me. But in the end, nothing has changed since I was seventeen. If I could keep today's happiness I wouldn't worry about tomorrow. — Ai Yazawa

But even when the moon looks like it's waning ... it's actually never changing shape. Don't ever forget that. — Ai Yazawa

From that day on it was as if Ren freed me from gravity. I was floating in the sky. Higher. Higher. Higher. — Ai Yazawa

Please leave me something ... even one memory would be enough. — Ai Yazawa

I feel the same way about all my friends. To me, the exact relationship between me and someone else doesn't matter much.But people want to label everything ... so I guess I seem indifferent in that way.
Yasu — Ai Yazawa

Junko: Why don't you find a guy who's a fan of Trapnest, and go to the concert with him?
Kyousuke:Yeah! Do that, Nana. You'll find yourself a boyfriend, and you'll even be able to see the concert! Then you'll be killing two birds with one stone.
Nana Komatsu: I don't want a boyfriend. I'll never fall in love again.
*SILENCE*
Nana Komatsu, thinking: Plus, I've got Nana <3
Junko and Kyousuke, thinking: What will we do? If you take love away from Nana, there's nothing left! — Ai Yazawa

The flow of time cleanses the past and heals the wounds in people's hearts. But there are wounds we cant speak of. — Ai Yazawa

People are only what they think of themselves. — Ai Yazawa

Whatever Yasu loves, I love too.
That's the secret of love. — Ai Yazawa

I guess the fact that they made something they could be proud of is more important than any prize ever could be. I can understand that. The beauty of the clothing itself is in the eye of the beholder. Judging art on a point system in the first place seems totally ridiculous! But since I grew up in such a competitive, point-awarding world, I wanted the grand prize more than anything. I wanted to be number one and get all the glory. Glory, huh ... how stupid! — Ai Yazawa

Have you heard a story where the victim of a kidnap falls in love with the kidnapper?
When the victim is trapped in the world of her captor, she must depend on him for survival. When he treats her gently, she feels as though he is her savior. Although he is in fact the root of all evil.
All I have to do is stretch out my hand gently and you'll fall in love with me. This is the scenario. — Ai Yazawa

Hey Nana,
If Cinderella's glass slipper fits so perfectly, I wonder why it fell off along the way? I can't help but think that it was on purpose, to attract the prince's affections. No matter what I do, I'll still have the fate of a girl who just keeps getting hurt, wondering if she can be happy in this pointless, one man show? — Ai Yazawa

The feeling that was born that night, how could i describe it?Words like love or lust just don't seem right. I may call it jealousy, or may be anxiety and moreover, need. Even now I'm anxious at times because when I am with Ren, everything around feels like a dream. That was how Ren turned my boring life into an illusion, and that was too much for no matter how hard i tried, it seemed I could never catch him. — Ai Yazawa

Right now I am full of greed and vanity, so I cannot live with you like before. But may be we can meet like this. I think just being together and talking would be nice. But when we grow old, when greed and vanity will be completely gone, when I will be tired of singing can I return to that place too? — Ai Yazawa

I don't care if I'm loved back, I still want to love someone.Someone, from the bottom of my heart ... Straightforward, unwavering ... It seems like such a simple thing, so then why ... Must it be so incredibly hard? — Ai Yazawa

I am glad I met you and I am glad to say that. — Ai Yazawa

The longer we live, the more weight we carry in our hearts. — Ai Yazawa

Say, Nana ... You look like stray cat, wild and proud. But I can see the wound in your heart. At the time I just thought it was cool. I never realized how hurt you were. — Ai Yazawa

You laugh at love ... but love will make you cry.
- Yasu — Ai Yazawa

Nana acts like a stray cat, wild, free, and proud ... But inside her heart, she houses a wound. Dense as I am, i thought that. This trait of hers was a part of her charm as well..but she never realized how much pain it brought her ... -Nana Komatsu — Ai Yazawa

Trapnest means "The Trapped Den" Once we enter it, we can't get out by our own means I thought that that name could only come from a man who love having power over other. — Ai Yazawa

Getting carried away is stupid, it won't get me anywhere.
-Nana Komatsu — Ai Yazawa

As expected life isn't that sweet at all. When I came to Tokyo I thought I could achieve anything with my own two hands. It's not like that. To get something in these hands, I have to fight a horrible fight. But ... there's not much time to grab the things you want with your hands. Why is that? And more importantly what is that I want? — Ai Yazawa

I just feel like I have been marked with that smell, that's why from now on, when I smell that, I'm going to remember you. - Myu — Ai Yazawa

Hey Nana, do you remember the first time we met? I beleive in things like fate.
So I think it was fate. — Ai Yazawa

I wasn't really able to love someone but I couldn't help but want to be loved. — Ai Yazawa

On a freezing night like this, someone, please warm him up for me- Nana — Ai Yazawa

Until now, I fell in love multiple times, and every time I got hurt, I fled, but from now on, I will continue to only think about takumi. — Ai Yazawa

If you're that obsessed with someone, why would you kill her?
Humans are full of contradictions. — Ai Yazawa

A woman's happiness is in throwing everything away to live for love. — Ai Yazawa

If you can't stop feeling guilty about Nana support Nana's dreams and wish her success. — Ai Yazawa

I have the right to be hated.(Takumi) — Ai Yazawa

He who sneers at love will be left howling by love. — Ai Yazawa

I don't think avoiding conflict is not caring.

~Shin — Ai Yazawa

Laugh at love and love will make you cry. — Ai Yazawa

If my tears spilled spontaneously at that moment it's because I immediately understood that what was happening, like in a dream, was the treat you had prepared for me I felt your friendship much stronger than if you had thanked me a million times that what pleased and touched me. — Ai Yazawa

The table was her stage. The mobile phone was the microphone. And the new moon was the spotlight. That kind of magic only Nana could make it happen. — Ai Yazawa

What people consider precious is different for everybody. — Ai Yazawa

People's feelings are easily swayed. The things reflected in people's eyes are full of deception. Nothing is as it appears. — Ai Yazawa

Why... is human desire so unsatisfying? — Ai Yazawa

We are all farsighted, we give importance to those things that are far from us, while neglecting the things that are close to us ... only to realize their value later when they are out-of-reach again ... — Ai Yazawa

Right now I am working to polish the shards of my dreams. — Ai Yazawa

I broke up with Ren a year and nine months ago. Soon it will be two springs.
My 20th birthday is in march. I'm working hard to buy myself a present.
A one-way ticket to Tokyo.
I will just carry my guitar and cigarettes. — Ai Yazawa

If you don't fight for him, you lose! Fight for him!

~Nana Osaki — Ai Yazawa

Driving someone into a corner is the equivalent of driving yourself into a corner, so i will die in battle someday. — Ai Yazawa

I might cry tomorrow, but I may be smiling the day after. That's enough. That's the way life is. If I don't lose hope - tomorrow will come.Tomorrow will come if we don't lose hope ... I learned that from Nana.But rainy days still make my cheeks wet with tears, even now. It was pouring, on that rainy day. — Ai Yazawa

Just don't keep me in the dark about things.
Otherwise, why am I with you? — Ai Yazawa

Vivienne Westwood, The Sex Pistols, Seven Stars, coffee with milk and strawberry cake. And Ren flowers.
Nana's favorite things never change.
It was so cool for someone like me who keeps on changing their mind. — Ai Yazawa

When I need a hit of caffeine ... I'll pay S1.00 for coffee. But I'd much rather sip tea at a fancy cafe. I need to live in a hip place. I want to wear cool clothes. I want to see the latest films. I have to have the best cell phone. I want a driver's license. I wanna see the world!
So I need a job. I have to get it together.
I don't mind working for all that stuff. — Ai Yazawa

I am pissed off at your insensitive inability to understand why I'm pissed off in the first place. — Ai Yazawa

Forgetting about our mistakes and our wounds isn't enough to make them disappear. — Ai Yazawa