It's not always easy to see the good in people. In some people, you might even doubt that it's there at all. But if you can somehow, find a way to believe... Sometimes, that's all it takes to help someone, to give them the strength to find the good in themselves.

Honda Tohru, Fruits Basket ~ Takaya Natsuki

May your bacon burn!

Calcifer ~ Howl's Moving Castle (Anime)

Family is other people.
No matter how close you're related by blood... No matter what your relationship may be...
Anyone other than you is not you!

Ichihara Yuko, xxxHoLic ~ CLAMP

Called back

Epitaph ~ Emily Dickinson

I am ready to meet my Maker.
Whether my Maker is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter.

Epitaph ~ Winston Churchill

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way— in short, the period was so far like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only.

Opening Lines ~ A Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens

Tut, I have lost myself, I am not here.
This is not Romeo, he is some other where.

Romeo, Romeo and Juliet ~ William Shakespeare

Hesitate

Your lonely back after you fall asleep, I find precious
I can't force myself to talk about my feelings
The lips I kissed are still wet
It's so quiet, even sighs sound distant

Lets stop already, stop cowering and aching
It's okay if you stumble, it's okay if you're uncool

Everything what I say
Once upon a time of you and me
Never forever, I'm alone

Silence that feels like it would shatter

If perhaps I told you how I feel right now,
I can't return anymore, so for now I'll just hold you

One out of a hundred million people
I found in you the place I belong
If you feel constrained, just cast off your skin
If you draw near, I'm right here

Everything what I say
Once upon a time of you and me
Never forever, I'm alone

Silence that feels like it would shatter

If perhaps I told you how I feel right now,
I can't return anymore, so for now I'll just hold you

~Akanishi Jin

Happy Birthday

It's can't be bought with money so, I express it with feelings, this precious thing
Without feeling shy, "Congratulations!", I'll say those words at exactly midnight

For being born, for us having met
For being by my side now, Thank you
Your 'Happy Birthday', is a once-in-a-year magical special day

Today is the once-in-a-year, the most important day in the whole world
To you that memorial day has come again, beautifully
Becoming a year older means you gain more memories
That's why I'll send you some happy words, look!
Having met you amid the millions and billions of people is a miracle
The happiness of having you so near me, I'll sing for your sake

For being born, for us having met
For being by my side now, Thank you
Your Happy Birthday, is a once-in-a-year magical special day

Because you are here, I can smile
Today, I can be more natural than usual
To the rest of the world, today is a normal day, nothing appears different
But for me even the taste of the air has taken on a special flavor
I want to see your extraordinary smile. To frowns and scowls, its Bye Bye
My Love, for your sake, I'll send as much strength as I can
However much we've cried up until now
We now have a happiness that can make us laugh
Today's 'Happy Birthday' that we can share together
For your sake I will sing

For being born, for us having met
For being by my side now, Thank you
Your 'Happy Birthday', is a once-in-a-year magical special day

If I was alone, I wouldn't have been here, I'm certain
Next year and the year after too, I'll come to see you on this same day

A present from God

It's your 'Happy Birthday', I'm wishing you luck for your future

For being born, for us having met
For being by my side now, Thank you
Your 'Happy Birthday', is a once-in-a-year magical special day

~News

We were never lovers, and we never will be, now. I do not regret that, however. I regret the conversations we never had, the time we did not spend together. I regret that I never told him that he made me happy, when I was in his company. The world was the better for his being in it. These things alone do I now regret: things left unsaid. And he is gone, and I am old.

Lady Bast, The Wake, The Sandman ~ Neil Gaiman

This is the second brother I have lost, whispered Despair in her shadowy voice, and each of the listeners found herself, or himself, or itself, giving and involuntary shiver.
And it hurts.
I cared for him very, much. He was so wise; he seemed so certain of the rightness of his actions. And I, who do nothing but doubt, admired that in him.
He was a creature of hope. For Dreams are of hope, and echoes of hopes. And I am a creature of Despair.
And her words moved over her listeners like a black wind blowing across their hearts; and in that moment each of them knew Despair.
I think of the first Despair sometimes. It must be over a hundred years since anyone thought of her but me...
An eyeblink, and she is forgotten.
And you will forget: Death or Life will take him from your minds. I know, whispered Despair in her distant, empty voice.
But I shall remember him.

The Wake, The Sandman ~ Neil Gaiman

There's never been a true war that wasn't fought between two sets of people who were certain they were in the right. The really dangerous people believe they are doing whatever they are doing solely and only because it is without question the right thing to do. And that is what makes them dangerous.

Mr. Wednesday, American Gods ~ Neil Gaiman

Among thousands of comrades and tens of thousands of enemies, only you... only you made me forget my dream.

Griffith ~ Berserk, Miura Kentarou

If you're always worried about crushing the ants beneath you... You won't be able to walk.

Guts ~ Berserk, Miura Kintarou

War Pigs

Generals gathered in their masses
Just like witches at black masses
Evil minds that plot destruction
Sorcerers of death's construction
In the fields the bodies burning
As the war machine keeps turning
Death and hatred to mankind
Poisoning their brainwashed minds

Oh lord yeah!

Politicians hide themselves away
They only started the war
Why should they go out to fight?
They leave that role to the poor

Time will tell on their power minds
Making war just for fun
Treating people just like pawns in chess
Wait 'till their judgment day comes, yeah!

Now in darkness, world stops turning
Ashes where their bodies burning
No more war pigs of the power
Hand of god has struck the hour
Day of judgment, god is calling
On their knees, the war pigs crawling
Begging mercy for their sins
Satan, laughing, spreads his wings

Oh Lord Yeah!

~Black Sabbath