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“I know what the world is like. Nobody does anything unless there's something in it for themselves. But there are some people who do more than they have to for what they get in return, and those people are kind right to the heart.”
― Nahoko Uehashi, Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit

“It's strange, but once you learn to fight, you seem to attract enemies...Sooner or later, those who master the art of combat must end up fighting.”
― Nahoko Uehashi, Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit

“No matter where you go, you'll find that people in high positions like to make themselves look good. A general, for example, must always be a hero, because who will respect him if he is a coward? I've traveled to many countries and heard many stories, and a victory in battle is always the general's, even when it's won by the hard work of ordinary soldiers. And when time passes, these stories often develop into legends.”
― Nahoko Uehashi, Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit

“But look around at this world, how perfectly it's made. Flowers can't move, yet the insects come to them and spread their pollen. Trees can't move either, but birds and animals eat their fruit and carry their seeds far and wide.”
― Nahoko Uehashi, Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit

“Balsa seemed invincible, endowed with powers no other warrior could match, but in her profile he could glimpse the shadow of a young girl, hurt and buffeted by a cruel and hopeless fate. If he had never experienced what it was like to be at the mercy of fate himself, he would not have noticed, but now he could see it with unbearable, heartrending clarity.”
― Nahoko Uehashi, Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit

“To eat or be eaten, to escape or be taken...a matter of utmost importance to the one concerned, yet it happens all the time and we don't even notice.”
― Nahoko Uehashi, Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit

“I've become a lantern bearer, lighting the path this country will take.”
― Nahoko Uehashi, Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit

“Don't fret, boy. I'm not so foolish as to ridicule the myths and legends of other people. For countless generations, people, no matter where they're from, have been trying to understand this world of ours.”
― Nahoko Uehashi, Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit

“Fighting is in my very bones. I don't have any fancy, noble reason like anger at my fate. I'm just like a gamecock that launches itself into battle after meaningless battle. I like fighting. That's why I can't stop.”
― Nahoko Uehashi, Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit

“She may be old, but she's more goblin than human.”
― Nahoko Uehashi, Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit

“In the past, he had never questioned the fact that he was a prince; like the fact that he was the child of his mother and father, it seemed like something that would never change. Yet look how easily he had lost that rank and privilege! A person's fortune could turn at any time.”
― Nahoko Uehashi, Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit

“There was surely no such thing as a life without any regrets at all.”
― Nahoko Uehashi, Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit

“There may be better men than me in Kanbal, but I doubt there are any who will sew up your wounds for free.”
― Nahoko Uehashi, Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit

“Just how many times are you going to make me sew you back together again?”
― Nahoko Uehashi, Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit

“[...] Taking your anger out on others is not going to make you feel any better. [...] If you keep on like this, the uselessness of it will just build up inside of you, making it even worse.”
― Nahoko Uehashi, Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit