Quotes by Motoko Kusanagi

Dreams are meaningful when you work toward them in the real world. If you merely live within the dreams of other people it's no different from being dead.

If a technological feat is possible, man will do it. Almost as if it's wired into the core of our being.

We weep for the blood of a bird, but not for the blood of a fish. Blessed are those with a voice. If the dolls could speak, no doubt they'd scream, "I didn't want to become human".

Who can gaze into the mirror without becoming evil? The mirror does not reflect evil, but creates it.

What if a cyber brain could possibly generate its own ghost, and create a soul all by itself? And if it did, just what would be the importance of being human then?

If we all reacted the same way, we'd be predictable, and there's always more than one way to view a situation... it's simple: overspecialize, and you breed in weakness. It's slow death.

I guess cyborgs like myself have a tendency to be paranoid about our origins.

When I float weightless back to the surface, I'm imagining I'm becoming someone else.

My mind is human. My body is manufactured.

I feel confined, only free to expand myself within boundaries.

There are countless ingredients that make up the human body and mind, like all the components that make up me as an individual with my own personality. Sure, I have a face and voice to distinguish myself from others, but my thoughts and memories are unique only to me, and I carry a sense of my own destiny. Each of those things are just a small part of it. I collect information to use in my own way. All of that blends to create a mixture that forms me and gives rise to my conscience.