OOC: Quotes

[screwthegods]

Crawling on the ground, reaching for an unattainable dream with all your might...that's not so bad either. --Homura, Ep. 28 (Japanese)


Said to a group of demons who have surrender their free will to become gods:
You might be better off dead now that you've become like this. --Homura, Ep. 28 (Japanese)


It's better to be free on Earth than slaves in the Heavens. --Homura, Ep. 28 (English)


Said to the same demons:
A demon is just a demon. Nothing more and nothing less. But that goes for gods too. You may have just fallen from a position equal to that of the gods. --Homura, Ep. 28 (Japanese)


About Homura:
He's a kind leader. --Zenon, Ep. 28 (Japanese)


About Homura:
He's a benevolent god. --Zenon, Ep. 28 (Japanese)


In the end, both what is holy and what is evil comes down to power. Only those with power rule the Lower World, as well as rule the Heavens. --Homura, Ep. 29 (Japanese)


There is no such thing as absolute good or absolute evil. There is only power. --Homura, Ep. 29 (English)


Said to Sanzo party, who demand to know why Homura retreats, even when he is clearly the victor:
If I took the Scripture now, I'd have no more excuse to come see you guys. --Homura, Ep. 34 (Japanese)


One by one, I discover the contrivances: the rotten gears, the linked chains. Forcing filthy work on filthy beings, those of the upper ranks only care about self-preservation and the evasion of responsibility. By the time I realized my life was at the mercy of such people, it was already far too late. --Homura, Ep. 35 (Japanese)


I won't acknowledge those who pride themselves on power that isn't theirs. --Homura, Ep. 35 (Japanese)


Anyone who has to borrow power is not worth my time. --Homura, Ep. 35 (English)


Sanzo, Son Goku needs your brilliance...because it seems I can't be his sun. --Homura, Ep. 39 (Japanese)


Said when he first meets Homura:
What a boring guy. --Gaiden Goku, Ep. 40 (Japanese)


Said to Gojyo and Hakkai:
Aren't you guys aware of it in yourselves? In your heart, there's always doubt swirling about, and you fight with all you've got to shake that feeling off. --Sanzo, Ep. 42 (Japanese)


Said to Gojyo and Hakkai:
You're telling me you don't sense it in yourselves? Inside your heart of hearts you're plagued with doubt and uncertainty, so you fight to feel like you have control of your own lives, because in the struggle, you can find your purpose. --Sanzo, Ep. 42 (English)


I was regarded with contempt as a heretical existence, and designated as a filthy being. And then the one I loved was taken from me. I rebelled against the Heavens, but what have I gained? What do I seek? A new Heaven and Earth? Or... --Homura, Ep. 44 (Japanese)


I was bound and tortured for being a heretic, a little splotch on their white-washed paradise. And then the one I loved was taken from me. So I rebelled against the Heavens with the same scorn they showed me...but what have I gained? Why do I wage this war? To create a new Heaven and Earth? Or is it something else? --Homura, Ep. 44 (English)


Have you forgotten, Konzen? That life back in the Heavens?...Gods are generally a patient bunch. Besides, it makes you want to stretch it out when you're having an exciting time. --Homura, Ep. 44 (Japanese)


Has it been so long that you've forgotten, Konzen?...Sure you must remember what Heaven is like. When you're stuck up there you've got all the time in the universe. You don't want the fun to be over with too quickly, especially when the game just got interesting. --Homura, Ep. 44 (English)


I feel like the mouse the cats play with before they kill it. --Hakkai, Ep. 44 (English)


Gojyo: Either they're really confident, or not taking us really seriously, or really bored.
Hakkai: It's likely all of the above.
Gojyo: Man, what are we? Toys?
--Gojyo and Hakkai, Ep. 44 (Japanese)


Gojyo: Either they're really confident, really polite, or really bored.
Hakkai: I'm going to go out on a limb here and say it's all of the above.
Gojyo: Or this could be their way of flirting with one of us.
--Gojyo and Hakkai, Ep. 44 (English)


About Homura:
He's a cunning bastard, alright. --Sanzo, Ep. 46 (Japanese and English)


It's so fitting, isn't it Goku? That the outcasts of this world should be the fathers of the next. But isn't that how it should be? --Homura, Ep. 48 (English)


Battling is our all. Battling is proof we're alive, a means of living. We've devoted our service to War Prince Homura, and that's the fate that's been given to us. --Shien, Ep. 48 (Japanese)


But Homura, the dream you allowed me to have, it was a good dream. --Shien, Ep. 48 (Japanese)


It was a dark, empty world. This was where I grew up. So, I never had cause to hate anyone. My solitude was natural. My lack of freedom was a matter of course. But for some reason, my heart was cold. Was that because of the laughter I could hear from somewhere? Or because of the bit of faint light that was leaking in? --Homura, Ep. 49 (Japanese)


I see. So I'm going to die someday. That won't be so bad either. I don't feel alive the way I am now anyway. --Child Homura, Ep. 49 (Japanese)


To Homura on his release from captivity:
How long do you intend to live? --Jade Emperor, Ep. 49 (Japanese)


The outside world...The Heavens were overflowing with light. But it couldn't erase any sense of guilt. Being outside the prison didn't change my solitude. Without a purpose to live for, freedom was meaningless. The tranquil, boring days that were almost hateful to me just went by emptily. Homura, Ep. 49 (Japanese)


It's the same. Nothing has changed. I'm still no different than being dead. --Young Homura, Ep. 49 (Japanese)


"I want to stay alive." I thought so for the first time. So I wouldn't bring sorrow to the one I love. So I could protect the one I loved. I came to want a future. --Homura, Ep. 49 (Japanese)


That's right. I too am a heretical being, considered to be a nuisance by the Heavens. That's why there was no way I was going to die in the rotten Heavens. However, I am a War God. As I'm a War God, I will die in battle. But my opponent has to be my strongest enemy ever. You should be honored, Son Goku. You're the one and only being that I, War God Homura, acknowledge as the strongest.

Konzen, I'm not in any position to ask a favor of you, but please leave me here and...And seal this world away. I... We... Ever since that time 500 years ago...We've always envied you guys. For your own sake, because you'll die someday, you try to live without regretting the present. I...Ever since I descended to the Lower World, I feel as though I've been able to live in such a way. --Homura, Ep. 50 (Japanese)


In truth, it may be Homura who won. Since everything turned out just as he wanted in the end. --Hakkai, Ep. 50 (Japanese)