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The most important thing is to maintain the balance between the constantly moving good and evil. If you lean too much in either direction, it becomes difficult to maintain actual morals.

I’ve been lonely for so long. And I’ve been hurt so deeply. If only I could have met you again a long time ago, then I wouldn’t have had to take all these detours to get here.”

Tengo shook his head. “I don’t think so. This way is just fine. This is exactly the right time. For both of us.”

if we die today, we do not have to die tomorrow, so let us look to the best in each other.

Where in the world did I come from? he asked himself in the dark. And where the hell am I going

If need be, she would have no problem pumping all the 9mm bullets she had into Ponytail and Buzzcut. The God that protected her was also, at times, a bloody God

She knew only one thing for sure: she wanted those thick arms of his to be holding her right now. What happened after that would happen: let God or the devil decide

such a close connection could only be formed through violence

“And be happy.”

“If possible,” Aomame said. Happiness was one of the farthest things away from her

Tears poured from Aomame’s eyes. She cried for everything she had lost. She cried for everything she was about to lose.

But there’s no turning back now, is there?”

“Even if we could turn back, we’d probably never end up where we started