Ritsu Quotes & Sayings

Life is short and the number of books is appalling. — John Cowper Powys

I won't tell him. I won't tell him that in my whole life, no one have ever made my heart beat like he does. It hurts too much to say this.
- Ritsu Oonodera - (Sekai-ichi Hatsukoi) — Shungiku Nakamura

Banquet: a plate of cold, hairy chicken and artificially coloured green peas completely surrounded by dreary speeches and appeals for donations. — Bennett Cerf

Maybe the reason I believe reality is crueler ...
... is because I've never really loved?
There was a time when I believed that ...
... "Hard work will pay off." or "Your feelings will always reach them."
I don't know if it's a blessing or a curse ...
... that I found out that that's a myth.
What should I do ...
If that's what it means to become an adult,
it's not necessarily unfortunate, but really mundane.
But it's not like I'm being negative,
I just turned my back and I am moving forward ...
-Onodera Ritsu — Shungiku Nakamura

Try to earn your $$$$$$ before you spend them. — Ernie J Zelinski

If I give up now, nothing will have changed. -Onodera Ritsu — Shungiku Nakamura

Ritsu: Please, Onii-san, please write with takoyaki power!
Mitsuru: Yes, sensei! With ikyayaki or takoyaki or whatever it takes! Write quickly, without hesitation! Ah ... Um ... W-what is takoyaki power?
Ritsu: Well, that is
! When Shigure-niisan eats takoyaki, he transforms into a great warrior ...
Shigure: No I don't. — Natsuki Takaya

Sicknesses, especially those affecting nerves and head, are signs that the defensive strength of the strong natures is lacking; precisely this is suggested by irritability, so pleasure and displeasure become foreground problems. — Friedrich Nietzsche

None of us have yet seen an ideally perfect man, and yet without that ideal we cannot progress. — Swami Vivekananda

Nothing makes a man more reverent than a library — Winston S. Churchill

How many people do you think get to do the thing they love for work? -Takano Masamune to Onodera Ritsu — Shungiku Nakamura

Those who vote for the ANC will be blessed on earth and heaven — Jacob Zuma

Fear can have a voice, but it doesn't get a vote. — Elizabeth Gilbert

Ritsu: "I'm a complete failure. At everything I do, I'm absolutely worthless. I know this, and yet I continue to burden the human race with my presence. Every day I rob the world of valuable air by breathing. I'm a thief, and I hate myself for it. I don't deserve to exist. But even though I know it's the right thing to do, I'm such a useless coward. I don't even have the courage to jump!"
Tohru: "No, don't! Don't jump! It's okay that you don't have that kind of courage. The important thing is you're alive. And life hurts sometimes and sometimes it can be hard, but it won't always be that way. There's gotta be a reason for you to live. — Natsuki Takaya

Love is Beauty... Love is Divine... Love is God. — Santonu Kumar Dhar

Ritsu... Do you like Oda?" More than me?

"Yes. — Junko