Touching
Elizabeth Midford, Chapter 58, Kuroshitsuji (manga only)

"For Ciel, who is trying hard to be seen as an adult, I will smile and walk beside him in my childish low-heeled shoes. Low heeled shoes, mother's teaching, a sword to protect you - those are the 'nice things' that my current self is made of."

Thought provoking
Donquixote Doflamingo, somewhere in the Marineford arc, One Piece
"Pirates are evil? The Marines are righteous? These terms have always changed throughout the course of history! Kids who have never seen peace and kids who have never seen war have different values! Those who stand at the top determine what's wrong and what's right! This very place is neutral ground! Justice will prevail, you say? But of course it will! Whoever wins this war becomes justice!"

Funny
Chapter 103, One Piece
Usopp: If you want to fight us we aren't scared of you! We have a cannon!
Crocus: ...don't even think about it or someone will die.
Sanji: ...!! Who's going to die, old man?
Crocus: Me.

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I had to agree that the quote from Code Geass are the best, especially
"Only those who prepared to fire should be fired at"

Anyway, taken from Utsuro no Hako to Zero no Maria (Novel) v 6

I had decided to create a gentle and stable world where no tragedies would ever occur again, a world where no one had to share our fate. I was willing to pay any price, even my very soul.
A gentle world.
A just world.
-Daiya Oomine

"Should I keep you from becoming happy, I'll make it easier for you to throw me away, okay?"

• Kokone Kirino

"If 'forgive me' can make up for everything, we don't need hell!"-Kyouko, skip beat

"If you've never been to the bottom, you can't get to the top.
If you've never been to the right, you can't go to the left.
If you've never lost hope, you can't understand what is truely important." - Jim Welsh in Beck

🙂

It's been a while, but I'm still looking for quotes! 🙂 More short ones would be ideal. Thanks to everyone who helped so far! There are some nice quotes in there.

Quote from Oreki Houtarou

If I don't have to do it, I won't. If I have to do it, I'll make it quick.

[color=violet]Tournament Round 1[/color]
[color=blue]Round 2[/color]
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Ah I love this sort of thing! I keep a huge folder of manga caps for this sort of thing, so let's see what I can find...

"To spread your wings and fly, you must have the courage to fall from the sky. If you don't realize the importance of taking the first step out of the nest, it's impossible to become an actor." - Touya from Ashita no Ousama (v. 5, ch. 40)

"I want to believe people. That's why I doubt and question them... that's why I look right into the deepest core of their hearts." Nao from Liar Game (Ch. 139... the flipside of the Akiyama quote someone gave earlier)

"Hey, Nana... How come realizing a dream, and being happy... are such different things? I still don't understand..." Nana from Nana (v. 6, ch. 17)

"I try to live up to the expectations of others so I don't let them down. At the same time, I lose the space to enjoy what I do, whether it's work or study it's always the case." Sumire from Kimi wa Petto (v. 1 ch. 1)

"What's with him... Why did he look at me like that? Why does he care about me? It's not like he could love a man anyway..." from some random yaoi I forget (apparently it's manga # 3066 on mangafox if anyone's that interested)

"If you leave the fools alone, they'll self-destruct." Chiyo-baa from Oishii Kankei

"A lesson without pain is meaningless. For you cannot gain something without sacrificing something else in return. But once you have overcome it and made it your own... you will gain an irreplaceable fullmetal heart." Fullmetal Alchemist (narration in the last spread)

"I've also hated a lot of people since I started highschool. But whenever I really go to know them, the feelings of hatred disappeared. And that turned out to be much more fun!" Makino from Hana Yori Dango

"Life always persists, though its form may change. We will meet again in your dreams." Flora from Berserk

"Those with strength stand at the top and pass their time willfully. That's a matter of course. I've plunged myself into these 'intricacies'." - Momo from Oishii Kankei

"There is no such thing as a lte or early start. You understand what I'm saying, don't you?" - The kind sensei from Cat Street whose name I forget

"It is impossible to teach to another, something which one has never understood oneself. Because you never knew love, it was impossible for you... to love Izaku." - Mine from Eternal Sabbath

"'Ballet can go from here to there.' That's what people think when they go to watch representations. From thsi limit they fix, they judge what they saw as good or bad. It's not enough for me. What I want is a ballet that can make the audience anxious and exalted. A ballet that disturbs what people are judging us from!" - Russian (?) choreographer from Dance! Subaru whose name I forget

Ok this is getting obnoxiously long so I'm gonna stop now....

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Here's some more.

"Not sleeping meant that the world never pauses; there's no sense that today will end or tomorrow will come." -Kieli Kieli (Novel) Chapter 3

This one is really big, but you could break it into pieces.

"In this world, they say some things are right, and others are wrong. Apparently, what they call "good" is right, and what they call "evil" is wrong. But who's right? By whose standards are "good" and "evil" defined in the first place? In world made up of only black and white, it'd be easy for everyone to know. But in reality, the ideas of good and evil are tainted by each individual's desires and self-interests. Such standards of the world are formed by choices made by individuals. In other words, these ideas are based on the opinions of the masses, where ultimately only the opinions of the majority remain, and those of the minority are crushed." -Jeremy Pale Horse Chapter 15 (Man do I love this webtoon)

"Going through so much made me realize that it’s not how long one lives that’s important, it’s how one lives." Pamela The Tarot Cafe Last Chapter

"Those of us that roll around on earth and in hell all have messed up lives."- Belus The Tarot Cafe Second to last chapter

"Being prepared to die doesn't mean shit.The real hard part, is being prepared to live"
Midou Ban,Getbackers

Just discovered another poignant statement:

Quote from Shinohara Akira

Adults do all sorts of things if you leave them unobserved.

• NISHI Keiko: Koi to Gunkan, vol. 2, ch. 8, p. 7

Ah, such wry humour, making this line come out of a middle schooler's mouth. Yet, it holds so much truth.

[color=#8A795D]"Stories are what death thinks he puts an end to.
He can't understand that they end in him, but they don't end with him."

• Ursula K. Le Guin, Gifts[/color]

To be savoured:

• Blood Alone by TAKANO Masayuki
• Otoyomegatari by MORI Kaoru
• Gangsta. by Kohske
• Seishun Kouryakuhon by AKIZUKI Sorata

"The third and last was known to use an unusual technique that turned the vibrations of the opponent back on them. His technique proved even more effective against stronger opponents.Countless opponents were frozen before the power of his Geukji-do, their movements were retarded. Thus, they called him Retard." - Special Martial Arts Extreme Hell Private High School

"It doesn't matter if you are a woman or a child I won't go easy on anyone who hurts my comrades" Gray Fullbuster, Fairy Tail
"It was your words that gave me courage, they became my light that would guide me towards the right path again" Jellal Fernandes, Fairy Tail
"All I need is the power to protect my comrades, so long as I can have the strength to do that I don't care if I'm weaker than everyone in the world" Erza Scarlet, Fairy Tail
" Why would you want to be an exorcist?" "So I can kick satan's ass!!" Mephistopheles and Rin Okumura, Blue Exorcist

"the warrior lives in nobel [self imposed] poverty" ~Love Hina

Came upon this gem the other day:

[Upon seeing his student's head smashed into a wall] "You'll pay for making Genos look like modern art" -Saitama Onepunch-Man

To all those who are still doubting the manga's quality:

Quote from Molly, King of the Cats

Death is always unforseen. Sooner or later, it visits us all.

• YAMAZAKI Kore, Mahou Tsukai no Yome, vol. 1, ch. 7, p. 20

I have nothing to add.

[color=#8A795D]"Stories are what death thinks he puts an end to.
He can't understand that they end in him, but they don't end with him."

• Ursula K. Le Guin, Gifts[/color]

To be savoured:

• Blood Alone by TAKANO Masayuki
• Otoyomegatari by MORI Kaoru
• Gangsta. by Kohske
• Seishun Kouryakuhon by AKIZUKI Sorata

"Celebrities are often found to be extremely fascinating... because celebrity is like cancer, a kind of deformity." - Helter Skelter

"Do you know what the best method of preventing being hurt by others is? It's to kill them first before they get you." - Oyasumi Punpun

"Love is really just a drug to ease the fear and uneasiness of loneliness. But that fear will be waiting for you once the drug wears off. In the end, there's really no difference from living alone." - Oyasumi Punpun

"Happiness that you obtain from others is very unstable. If you cannot capture it yourself, no one will reach out and grab it for you." - Cat Street

Eh, I just realized that they're all dreary. 😛 So here's a less dreary one:

"There are no answers in life. All that matters with anything you do is, 'did you do it to your satisfaction?'." - Hachimitsu to Clover