Top 60 Tite Kubo Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “Death is not goodbye.”

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2. “Don’t use such strong words. It’ll only make you look weak.”

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3. “You just noticed? You’re slow...”

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4. “If I don’t wield the sword, I can’t protect you. If I keep wielding the sword, I can’t embrace you. -Ichigo Kurosaki.”

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5. “Those who do not know what love is likens it to beauty Those who claim to know what love is likens it to ugliness -Gin Ichimaru.”

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6. “If I were rain, That joins sky and earth that otherwise never touch, Could I join two hearts as well?”

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7. “I hate loneliness, but it loves me.”

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8. “If such a thing called happiness exists in this world, it should be something which resembles the limitless nothingness. Nihility is having nothing and having nothing to lose. If that isn’t “happiness”, then what is?”

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9. “We stand in awe before that which cannot be seen. We respect with every fiber of our being that which cannot be explained.”

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10. “Before facing you enemy, you must first face yourself.”

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11. “The rain drags Black Sun down, but the rain dried by White Moon.”

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12. “If you give me wings I will soar for you Even if this whole land Sinks down to the water If you give me a sword I will fight for you Even if this whole sky Shoots through with your light.”

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13. “They say even death can’t cure an idiot. -Ririn.”

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14. “I know that. What’s your point?”

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15. “When someone changes your world, that’s when you know he’s important to you.”

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16. “All living things believe in someone superior to them, and cannot live unless they blindly follow them. Then, the objects of their faith try to escape this crushing pressure by seeking another being that is more superior to them to believe in. And they, in turn, seek a stronger being still. That is how all kings are born. That is how... all gods are born. –Aizen.”

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17. “Envious because I have a heart, Gluttonous because I have a heart, Greedy because I have a heart, Prideful because I have a heart, Slothful because I have a heart, Wrathful because I have a heart, Because I have a heart, I lust for all that you are.”

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18. “No, nothing can change my world – Ichigo Kurosaki, Black Moon Rising.”

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19. “We fear that which we cannot see.”

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20. “If it rusts, it can never be trusted If its owner fails to control it, it will cut him Yes, pride is like a blade.”

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21. “I wonder can I carry on with the speed of the world without you in it.”

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22. “Red like blood White like bone Red like solitude White like silence Red like the beastly instinct White like a god’s heart Red like thawing hatred White like a frozen, pained cry Red like the night’s hungry shadows Like a sigh piercing the moon it shines white and shatters red.”

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23. “If it’s me, it would be a waste not to dance no matter what.”

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24. “We must never shed tears That is the life form’s defeat and if we give into the emotions then it only becomes proof of our inability to control it.”

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25. “When the two that share destiny part and reunite, beyond the frame of time, the ceased clock will awake and start to tick once again.”

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26. “Every thing in this world exist to wear you down.”

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27. “It’s meaningless to just live. It’s meaningless to just fight. I want to win.”

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28. “Your shadow stealthily leaves nothing of where you go, like a poisoned needle that sews together my footsteps. Your light pliantly strikes the water tower, like a lightning bolt that severs the source of my life. -Soifon.”

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29. “People have hope because they cannot see Death standing behind them.”

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30. “Live a good long life. Grow old and die after I do. And if you can, die laughing.”

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31. “In Japan, artists and fans are rather far apart from each other.”

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32. “We have Not one In common No two Are shaped alike The third Because of that eye we lack In the fourth Direction there is hope The fifth Is at the heart -Orihime Inoue.”

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33. “Because we are amorphous we hold that in reverence, thus the blade is swung.”

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34. “It is not frightening to know misfortune. What is frightening is to know lost happiness will never come back again.”

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35. “He who does not fear the sword he holds is not worthy of holding a sword. -Hisagi Shuuhei.”

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36. “So stop sulking. You’re not old enough for the cool, tortured look.”

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37. “The fact that I am so young So Immature Seems unforgivable to The decrepit Perfect and faultless adults.”

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38. “We should not shed tears That is a surrender of the body to the heart It is only proof That we are beings that do not know What to do with out hearts.”

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39. “My innocence is a dying flower.”

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40. “No world is without sacrifices. But if we produce casualties, we would also sustain casualties of our own.”

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41. “I can’t go back because I lost all my Soul Reaper powers! – Rukia You lost your powers? What are they, socks? – Ichigo.”

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42. “Hold on. So in my mind, this jacked-up, sideways ridiculousness is the normal state?”

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43. “Even if it doesn’t alter or change the end result even in the slightest... making decisions based on convictions that you believe in... and walking your own path... has it’s own merit and worth. There’s something to be said for not having... even on regret.”

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44. “Doesn’t matter who it is I’ll friggin break ’em -Grimmjow jaggerjaques.”

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45. “Everyone in this world acknowledges as truth only what is convenient for them. They have no other way of living.”

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46. “Don’t die. Don’t die! You don’t have to win. You don’t have to keep trying! Just don’t get hurt anymore, please!”

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47. “A Hollow is a ‘fallen’ soul, souls that weren’t brought to Soul Society by a Shinigami, souls that escaped, souls that weren’t protected from Hollows. The soul degeneartes, loses its heart and becomes a Hollow. To fill its empty heart, it seeks out those it loved most in its past life.” – Rukia Kuchiki.”

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48. “Can I start by asking why your drawings abnormally suck?”

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49. “The will to go forward will be your guide. Have no doubt. Have no fear. Do not stop. Do not look back. Do not think of those you are leaving behind. Just... go forward.”

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50. “Even without a form we will never stop walking.”

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