Top 50 Ai Yazawa Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “Being alone and being lonely are two different things.”

— Ai Yazawa

2. “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

3. “I want to protect my own happiness. I’m not an angel. I’m just a normal girl.”

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4. “The dreams we are chasing and the reality that is chasing us are always parallel; they never meet.”

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5. “Forgetting about our mistakes and our wounds isn’t enough to make them disappear.”

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6. “To love someone, why do you need society’s approval and permission?”

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7. “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.”

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8. “I am glad I met you and I am glad to say that.”

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9. “So you have to accept facts as fact.”

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10. “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.”

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11. “People are only what they think of themselves.”

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12. “The longer we live, the more weight we carry in our hearts.”

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13. “I’ll make you so in love with me, that everytime our lips touch, you’ll die a little death.”

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14. “Even if I’m not loved, I still want to love. To love someone from the bottom of your heart, is the simplest thing in the world. So why is it so difficult?”

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15. “Even if you fulfill your hearts desire, by sacrificing something important, you may not necessarily be happy. Happiness doesn’t come in one form, it determined by your own heart.”

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16. “People can’t be just tied together. They have to connect. Otherwise, they’ll find themselves bound hand and foot.”

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17. “If I could keep today’s happiness... I wouldn’t worry about tomorrow.”

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18. “I’m lucky that I’m afraid of losing something.”

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19. “You were a stray cat, strutting so free and full of pride. But I could see your open wound. And without really thinking I just chalked it up to another cool thing about you. I never realized how much you hurt.”

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20. “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.”

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21. “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.”

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22. “If you’re that obsessed with someone, why would you kill her? Humans are full of contradictions.”

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23. “I wasn’t really able to love someone but I couldn’t help but want to be loved.”

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24. “What people consider precious is different for everybody.”

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25. “If I ever fall in love again, I would like it if it were a slightly cold guy. Someone who won’t constantly mind about my childish needs but who, the day after the quarrel, for example would offer me a flower accompanied by a sweet note That’s kind of guy I need.”

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26. “In the world of art, all things are possible. – George from Paradise Kiss.”

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27. “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.”

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28. “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.”

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29. “Somehow, it seems like in the end, I was the only person left behind, all alone.”

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30. “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.”

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31. “The flow of time cleanses the past and heals the wounds in people’s hearts. But there are wounds we cant speak of.”

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32. “If you can’t stop feeling guilty about Nana support Nana’s dreams and wish her success.”

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33. “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...”

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34. “Driving someone into a corner is the equivalent of driving yourself into a corner, so i will die in battle someday.”

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35. “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.”

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36. “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.”

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37. “Thinking about it, my high school days started with love and ended with love and that is the truth.”

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38. “Why... is human desire so unsatisfying?”

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39. “But I wonder if there is a place I fit in?”

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40. “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.”

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41. “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...”

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42. “Even if you fulfill your heart’s desire, by sacrificing something important, you may not necessarily be happy.”

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43. “Are you living everyday so that even if the end were to come you’d have to regrets?”

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44. “Even if you fall on the runway, I wouldn’t blame you. It would mean that we made a mistake in choosing you.”

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45. “People’s feelings are easily swayed. The things reflected in people’s eyes are full of deception. Nothing is as it appears.”

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46. “Sometimes isn’t it better to have some time and space to ourselves? We will have new perception of things.”

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47. “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?”

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48. “The passing of time purifies the past, soothes the pain of the heart but some types of pain can never go away. In this room, time has stopped, it has stopped at that time.”

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49. “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!”

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50. “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.”

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