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Battle Royale

Koushun Takami

Top 10 Best Quotes

“Loving someone always requires you to not love others.”

“By then she was dead. In fact, she may have been dead a while ago. Physically, several seconds ago, mentally, ages ago.”

“It's not a bad thing to be loved.”

“You all have your own distinct personal backgrounds. Of course some of you come from rich families, some from poor families. But circumstances beyond your control like that shouldn’t determine who you are. You must all realize what you’re worth on your own.”

“We're still on the run. That's for sure. Right on. This time we're on. And we won't stop till we win.”

“Now, once again, 2 students left. But of course they're a part of you now.”

“Yes, just like those flowers. There's something strained, but there's beauty in that. Something like that”

“As he ran next to Noriko, a thought suddenly occurred to him. The screaming, their hasty footsteps, and the officer warning them to stop all receded as his mind was occupied with this thought. It might have been inappropriate. And besides… he'd ripped it off. Oh, man. But still he thought this:Together Noriko we'll live with the sadness. I'll love you with all the madness in my soul. Someday girl I don't know when we're gonna get to that place. Where we really want to go and we'll walk in the sun. But till then tramps like us baby we were born to run.”

“To memorize something, it's best to write it down.”

“Nice jewelry and a boys corpse. Oh you're so pretty.”

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