The best Quotes from Fruits Basket

The scariest and the most painful thing is to be hated by someone you truly love.

For there to be pain, there has to be kindness. For darkness to stand out, there has to be the sun.

Sometimes living can be hard! But it's only because we're alive that we can make each other laugh, cry, and be happy!

A conscience grows, just like the body. It's bred within your heart. That's why the shape of people's kindness is so different.

My happiness comes from the kindness of those around me.

If you love someone, they could make you sad. They could even make you feel lonely sometimes. But, that someone can also make you happier than you'll ever be.

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.

Maybe I'm not perfect. Maybe I have a long way to go. But someday I'll be able to stand and walk on my own. Without hurting anyone and without being a burden.

I don't think anyone is born with a reason to live. It's something you have to find for yourself.

Being away from everyone else may be lonely, but being away from you will be even lonelier.

As long as you live things will keep happening! As long as you're alive wishes will keep being made!

Tohru, I can't stand not being with you... because I love you.

Ah, I'm sorry, I guess this is farewell. Let Tohru find happiness. Please by many people let her be loved. If you become perplexed or make errors, in the end have the kind of life that you can have pride in living. The kind where you can say, "I persevered". Repeating delightful things and sad things. And in that way keep getting older. I persevered.

We're searching for a reason of existence. With our own strength, because maybe the truth is that there's no reason for life from the very beginning. Everyone hopes and tries so hard to find a reason of existence. The reason of birth, of staying with someone, of existence, believing we have to find them all with our own hands. Like finding a place for ourselves in dreams, in jobs, in people. The reasons we conclude may be indefinite and fragile. We may lose it too, but even so, we want a reason. As long as I'm alive, I want it too. If possible, I want to find a reason of existence within a person, within someone.

My mom told me, it's better to trust people than to doubt them. She said that people aren't born with kind hearts. When we're born, all we have are desires for food and material things. Selfish instincts, I guess. But she said that kindness is something that grows inside of each person's body, but it's up to us to nurture that kindness in our hearts. That's why kindness is different for every person.

Tohru, you must always be yourself and do things at your own pace. Someday, you'll catch up.

I'm gonna take my place as a true member of this family.

If you don't protect that child, I will never forgive you!

A gray heron once told me that all gray herons are liars. So, is that the truth or a lie?

Know yourself, know your adversary, and you hold the key to victory.

I've only ever regretted the things I didn't do.

Once you meet someone, you never really forget them. It just takes a while for your memory to come back to you.

This world is merciless, and it's also very beautiful.

They say that the best blaze burns brightest, when circumstances are at their worst.

We can never make up for our own misfortune unless we collect it from the blessed.

I don't want to hurt anyone anymore. I want to be needed by someone and to be told that it is okay for me to live. To be important to someone.

No matter what lies you tell, you can't fool your own heart.