Top 40 Reki Kawahara Quotes (2024 Update)

1. “I’d rather trust and regret than doubt and regret.”

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2. “Love isn’t something you seek. It’s something you give.”

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3. “There is one thing I’ve learned here. To keep doing your best, up until the very end. If we make it back to the real world, I’ll find you again. And fall in love with you again. – Asuna.”

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4. “Blind obedience is not the same as loyalty.”

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5. “Private school girls are scary.”

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6. “I can’t just sit back and watch someone die. I’d rather die alongside them than do nothing.”- Kirito.”

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7. “This maybe a game, but it isn’t meant to be played.”

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8. “An impossibly huge castle of rock and iron, floating in an endless expanse of sky. That is the entirety of this world.”

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9. “I am now certain that you were exactly the person we were hoping to find.”

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10. “No matter how much I might dislike it, Kirito the Black Swordsman was a part of me, had helped shape who I was now, and was giving me strength.”

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11. “Not all shooting stars burned up in the atmosphere. Some of them withstood the fires and made their way to earth.”

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12. “You’re free to underestimate me all you want.”

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13. “That ominous sound heralded a new storm along the path that should have been near its end – a storm greater than any we had yet encountered.”

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14. “My Aincrad style of swordsmanship was brought here from the floating castle. From a game of death, where every battle risked the ultimate price.”

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15. “Never. I will never let anyone in my party die as long as i’m standing. That’s the last thing I’d let happen” – kirito.”

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16. “Hang in there, Kirito. Keep trying, for the sake of what you believe in. I’ll always be at your side. I’ll always be behind you, watching your back and supporting you.”

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17. “The game of death began on November 6, 2022. It was now late October 2024. Almost two years later, there was still no sign of rescue, no messages from outside. All we could do was survive day by day, getting closer to the top, one step at a time.”

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18. “I don’t think your motivation matters. All that matters is what you do.”

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19. “As long as they had the swords of fate that had brought them to this point, they would never falter.”

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20. “It’s nothing personal, but anyone who engages me must inevitably experience amputation.”

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21. “The body is but a container for the spirit. Only your heart... Only your spirit is the one true existence. And the one who decides the state of your spirit, is yourself.”

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22. “You’ll never meet a guy who avoids recklessness and abandon like I do.”

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23. “I was nothing if not Kirito the Black Swordsman.”

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24. “Asuna imagined the light that made up their souls trading infinite information. She knew for certain that no matter what world, no matter how long they traveled, their hearts would never be apart. In fact, their hearts had been connected long ago. Since the moment they disappeared in a rainbow aurora above the collapse of Aincrad, or perhaps even before that – as lonely solo players who met deep in a dark labyrinth.”

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25. “She closed her eyes and lowered her head, feeling like a knight taking a knee and pledging her sword to a far superior warrior.”

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26. “My motto is “Impossible, improbable, inadvisable.”

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27. “Most of all, I fought for Asuna, Sugu, Klein, Liz, Sinon, Agil, Silica, and all the others who waited for my return to the real world.”

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28. “You’ve got a real headache of a boyfriend, kid.”

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29. “The sole, absolute standard was inside himself.”

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30. “Common sense is nothing but an illusion.”

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31. “Love is stronger than guild regulations, as they say.”

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32. “I have a feeling that he lives somewhere apart from reality, just not in the same way I do.”

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33. “No matter what future comes for us, I will at least not regret choosing you.”

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34. “Once the sword was in my grasp, I had no choice but to wield it with all my life and spirit. That was how I had lived in every virtual world to this point.”

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35. “It will be all right, Kirito. I will always be watching your back. We’re the greatest forward and backup in the world.”

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36. “In order to keep your head about you and apply the teachings of the Aincrad style, it was essential to keep its secret motto in mind: “stay cool.”

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37. “Today, if nothing else, at least I can incinerate these humans with fire from their internal combustion engines and appease your spirit with their screams.”

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38. “This is my story now.”

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39. “Their lips were chilly when they first touched, but they soon melted into warmth. Asuna imagined the light that made up their souls trading infinite information. She knew for certain, no matter what world, no matter how long they traveled, their hearts would never be apart.”

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40. “What matters is that we survive.”

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41. “In that instant, a powerful drive overtook her. The next time, she would protect him. Not just that time, but every time. In any world.”

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42. “There are some things you can’t get across without confronting them.”

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43. “Before she joined the KoB, near the very start of the game of death, she walked with a solo player dressed all in black.”

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44. “If you couldn’t handle someone who did the impossible, the improbable, the implausible, then you couldn’t handle the VRMMO player known as Kirito.”

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45. “I don’t get it. This world is nothing but stuff I don’t get.”

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46. “Do not get drunk on murder.”

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