Shirow Masamune Quotes

Whether it is a simulated experience or a dream, the information that exists is all real ... and an illusion at the same time. ~ Masamune Shirow

Overspecialize, and you breed in weakness. - Makoto Kuzanagi, Ghost in the shell ~ Masamune Shirow

Because death is the only reality, and I'm a realist. ~ Shirow Masamune

Your effort to remain what you are is what limits you. ~ Masamune Shirow

Don't betray people. Don't cheat on people. Don't fuck people over. Because the pain you inflict on them is not the type of pain that is quick and soon over with. Its the type of pain that never ever truly goes away. Even when the wound seems to have healed, some memory will surface and suddenly it tears wide open and the wound becomes fresh again. It never stops hurting. Its tough enough to mend a broken heart, but mending a heart that has been broken by betrayal is almost brutally impossible. ~ The-masamune

Don't ever give up on your dream. Ever. ~ Tohoru Masamune

There's so much I want to talk about with you ... so why can't I get it out, I wonder ... ?
I want to reach you ... But the harder I try, the worse it winds up going!
This is how it always for me ... when it comes to you.
- Takano Masamune from Sekaiichi Hatsukoi by Nakamura Shungiku ~ Shungiku Nakamura

How many people do you think get to do the thing they love for work? -Takano Masamune to Onodera Ritsu ~ Shungiku Nakamura

I have been involved with science and math education my whole life. My hope is to continue to promote the love of these beautiful disciplines to the next generation. ~ Tohoru Masamune

Rectitude carried to excess hardens into stiffness; benevolence indulged beyond measure sinks into weakness. ~ Date Masamune

One must strive to be as honest as you are humanly capable with yourself and others. It is impossible to move forward otherwise. ~ Tohoru Masamune

I love that moment when I feel a connection to another person, however brief or insignificant. ~ Tohoru Masamune

Like everyone else, I get swept along just trying to keep up with that endlessly growing to-do list, but I do my best to treat the day as one big meditation or symphony. ~ Tohoru Masamune

I have an elaborate wind-down ritual, which combines reading, ESPN, movies, and jamming the blues on my keyboard. There's still a part of me that's a little kid who is psyched because I no longer have a bedtime! ~ Tohoru Masamune

Takano Masamune- " Maybe it's just me being rebellious, but...when I'm shown something so innocent and pure, it forces me to see the filthy part of myself even more and it pisses me off...it makes me want to break him. ~ Shungiku Nakamura

I believe this all has to do with how I decide to perceive the experience. Pain is part of life and makes you who you are meant to be. I just let it flow through me, at whatever rate it decides to do so. Then I go to the hockey rink and hit a few slap shots. ~ Tohoru Masamune

Chaos is a natural state of being - as natural as structure is - so there is no reason to fear it. On the contrary, one should embrace it. It means something extraordinary and unexpected is about to happen. ~ Tohoru Masamune