"Instead of regretting what we cannot do, it is better to do what one can.

Even for example, what you do has nothing to do with results, you must forge forward." -Yuko-san. Volume 9, P.157. May Your Wish...Be Granted..... -Yuuko Ichihara

"If humans do nothing to protect the precious things on Earth then why should the precious things help the humans?" The rain girl said it...in the manga

"no matter how small the problem is, how small the thing is, it will always affect others." ------ quote from xxxHolic manga

"Although everytime we met we only feel sadness, but since its something that we can do, there will be a change." ----- quote from xxxHolic manga

"Human must think about living on. And, must also understand death. Most important, we must learn to understand the truth . . . " ----- quote from xxxHolic manga " Fate has brought you here"

"Nothing in this world is a coincidence.Everything is fated".

"Living things are restrained by Chains: The laws of nature, the flow of time, the vessel known as your body, and the existence called your mind. The one chain that people can wield: WORDS. -Yuuko Words are beasts. Chains can be used for more than tying down. They can be used to connect, and tie together. Looking forward and speaking positively makes all the difference. -Yuuko I loved those episodes.

"Normal? What's normal? To only do what the masses do? And what is the benefit of that? Where is the problem in adopting a custom that is 'abnormal' if it has no negative effect on the world at large?" Vol. 4

"to change yourself means to change the future"

Sincerity with respect to yourself! No matter what your objectiveno matter who you areif you are going to do something or not do something, that is a promise to yourself. And the one who keeps the promise, or breaks the promise, is you. No one else can be burdened with holding you to a promise thats made to yourself. ~~XXXHoLic Vol. 1 pg. 145

Yko Ichihara: Family is other people. No matter how close your blood relationship isno matter what your relationship may beanyone other than you is not you! And so you have to think it over and decide for yourself! Take away other peoples wants and needs, and decide if this is something that is necessary for you! It may cause hardships to othersbut you want it. Thats your free will right there! But you ignore that and decide based on someone elses advice, because decency demands it, because people say its awful, you will fail to quit. No one could succeed that way! You dont understand what youre trying to do. With that as your background, how do you expect to make a promise to yourself? But the opposite waythere are risks there, too, of course. If you decide to take the action that best suits you, there will be people who wont understandpeople will be saddened by your actions. ~~XXXHoLic Vol. 1 pg. 146-147

"there is no such thing as a coincedence in this world" "If you believe it was destined to happen it is most likely to happen, if you believe nothing has been decided then most likely nothing has been decided"

"Normal? What's normal? To only do what the masses do? And what is the benefit of that? Where is the problem in adopting a custom that is 'abnormal' if it has no negative effect on the world at large?" Vol. 4

mine is from the time watanuki learned about himawari-chan bringing unhapiness: "human beings do it.maybe they do it because they're humans.. "

"Living things are restrained by Chains: The laws of nature, the flow of time, the vessel known as your body, and the existence called your mind. The one chain that people can wield: WORDS. -Yuuko Words are beasts. Chains can be used for more than tying down. They can be used to connect, and tie together. Looking forward and speaking positively makes all the difference. -Yuuko I loved those episodes.

Everything lives by blending interconnecting and mutually influencing one another. Even a merely trivial meeting bring about changes of heart and body.

"There are bonds, friendships that affect one another, that's why... ... you can never be free..." -Yuuko ---XXXHolic:Kei i think it's sumthink like that, i dont remember the exact quote~

"There are many unusual things in this world. Everyday events occur that cannot be explained. Bizarre phenomena that often go unnoticed because people close their eyes to what they don't understand. But the truth of the matter is, there are many unusual things in this world. And people.... People are the most mysterious of them all." -Yuko Ichihara

List of Quotes from xxxHolic

-Compiled by Max Wong

There are indefinite things in this world that remain unexplained. No matter how weird it is, mankind will always observe it. It will always be so with mankind. But it is the imagination. But it is the past. People are the worlds strangest creatures. Destiny refers to an event that would definitely happen. Without it, nothing is possible. From one thing, you see, many other things can be imagined. Nothing in this world happened by random. Everything is fated. For everything you desire, you have to pay an equal price in return. You cant get more nor give more. Cant be more or less. Must be in balance. Or else, therell be mishaps Whether it is a meeting by chance or a major event, every occurrence will affect the future because a mans path of life is not only unstoppable but also never-ending. The smallest thing, the shortest amount of time, the littlest piece of record or memory the fate that accompanies you will never disappear. Habit a need to be conscious of it, and if a person does not want to get rid of it, then it cannot be rid off. What is good and what is bad, depends on the person. If you believe so, then its decided. If you dont believe it, then it can be changed. The meaning of the world looks very broad, but its actually very narrow. The world even though its very small, to those who understand it is quite large! This world before you fully understand it, there isnt only one!

When you decide to do something or not to do something, it is a promise to yourself. Hence, the only person who can break that promise is the person who made it. Because no one will be responsible for anothers promise. Even family are still other people. Besides being related by blood, is there any other relation? Aside from yourself, everyone else is considered as other people. Names are very important. Names have power. It doesnt matter if its living or not, once you give it a name, you embodied that person or object with the same amount of power. Nothing in this world happens by chance. Everything that happens is nothing more than fate. Motivation and sincerity are needed to achieve ones goal. To pursue a thing even if the present world is lost. Even when comfort is abandoned, knowing the importance of the thing to be lost and the pain it brings though. Still yearning for it, existing for it. That is true determination. Being a diviner, for the diviner to correctly made interpretations to the divinations. Only the conclusion is to be told to the recipient. Anything else will not be spoken, only what you want is given. Once foreseen, and thus wanting to let others know what has been seen, no matter what. You will become this or the future will be like this, those words thats not the way of things. Because divination is a contract! Divination is an exchange between the diviner and the recipient of divination. The effort you put into your work must be equivalent to what you are paid in return. Not a bit more and not a bit less that is the right way of things. Even though there are things one cannot see, but one can still achieve it! Whats good or bad is determined by man! But, if it does not have anything to do with man, then it doesnt matter. A storage room is a treasure mountain. Once a rolling rock starts to roll its very hard to stop. Every wish you make, you have to pay the equal amount! There are no such good things. The rock wont stop after it starts to roll. Until the end of the road. The more you tell a person not to open something, the more that person wants to open it. No one can be an exception no one can be immune to everything! What do you mean by normally? Is there any meaning to that? As long as you dont bother other people, whats wrong with choosing what ordinary people call abnormal!

Language is a complicated thing! It has multiple meanings. The life form consists of many different kinds of ties. The natural patterns. The flow of time. The shell that is labeled the body. The soul that is labeled the conscience. This is the lock that all life forms share. But there is a certain kind of lock that can only be used on humans, is words. Words, once it has left your mouth, it cannot be uncalled. It cannot be nullified. People dont understand how strongly theyre tied down because of it. But they continue to use that lock. Words are something living and sometimes, it can even tie down a persons life. If youve decided that you cant do it even before you act, then of course itll turn into something impossible! Words do not tie down one-self, but they tie down others. You dont have to worry about something that hasnt happened yet. If you want to regret something, wait until youve done something to regret! There are no coincidences in this world. Everything that happens must happen. Anyhow, dont underestimate the accuracy of something thats been passed down through the generations. Humans are not the only being in this world there are many creatures that humans are unaware of. Thus sometimes, some humans will meet those creatures and their existence, their thoughts, and the fear is passed on to others but very few people believe in it. So they can only hide it, like a code, within stories passed down through the generations: Ancient Traditions! No matter how long ago it was, losing the most important people in your life is still hard to forget. You will still feel lonely. From one perspective, an incident might not mean much. But, from another perspective, that incident might be quite significant. Moreover, when one person suffers an injury, theyll often feel that whoever caused it should be made to suffer from an even worse injury. Only one who is careless would dismiss the issue as unimportant. Humans are a mystery. What may seem unfortunate to others might give joy to the person who is affected. When one sacrifices oneself to help another, it could actually be painful to the person being helped, especially when that person is of importance to them. If you kill someone, you have to pay the price for that life. The price for taking a life is heavy it is a crushing weight. So heavy it could even kill a person! You are never completely on your own. No one on earth is. Everyone is tied, and shares connections with others. That is why humans can never be completely free. It is the reason that humans feel joy and sorrow and also love.

Humans create terrible things. Why do they make things that only bring them pain? Its because they dont know whats comfortable anymore. So perhaps they dont know that they are in pain The Thing is something whether you know about it or not, whether you acknowledge it or not, whatever exists, exists. Its as simple as that! There is no such thing as coincidences in this world. There is only the inevitable. If you wish for something long enough, it will definitely come true eventually. There are limits to what we can do. Instead of regretting what we cannot do it is better to do anything we can do. Even if what we do does not bring us to our final goal it brings us that much closer to it. There is a meaning behind everything that happens. However, there are very few people who understand everything. To search for the meaning behind every event that happens its a daunting task even to imagine it. However, noticing that there is meaning behind everything that happens that in itself is meaningful. There is a meaning in wondering why. There is only one thing that can be given freely, with no need for compensation and that is hope. Even if all is a dream with faith, hope, and trust, it can become real. To change yourself is to change your future. Dreams are all interconnected. Its quite difficult to explain something that only you can see. Often times, people simply deny the existence of what they do not understand, and anyone who tells them otherwise is a liar. What they dont know stays unexplained and they are happy with that. There are two types of dreams. Dreams that you see when you are awake, and dreams that you see when you are asleep. And, in either case, if you desire it strongly enough, it will become reality. If you wish hard enough for something, it will definitely come true. Wishes, you see, its true that they will come true if one wishes hard enough, that is the power of peoples wishes. However, if one wishes for the misfortune of others, that misfortune will return to the one making the wish. The one thing that can change a person is meeting another. Everything lives by blending, interconnecting and mutually influencing one another. Even a merely trivial meeting brings about changes of both heart and body. Theres no such thing as an one-sided connection.

On the inside, only oneself can change one-self. The hidden world is a dream, like the truth of a nights memory. There are two memories, memories of the heart and memories of the body. The memories of the heart are important, but the memories of the body are very important as well. Sometimes, even if the heart forgets the body remembers. Its all right if you dont understand. Choices are always being made. But, people dont really notice that. To eat is a very important, and very pleasurable thing but it can also be very frightening. Even though it is scary to know yourself, to stay ignorant of yourself is much, much more scary. People, you see when they must meet someone. They meet the person they must meet, because everything is inevitable and parting is the same as well. Food is an expression of the self. Wishing can make dreams come true. Theres no living thing that doesnt die. No matter how much we wish, people die. There are many strange things in this world. However, no matter how strange or bizarre things are, if there is no one there, if there is no one to see it, an illusion would not be anything unusual. This is because people are the strangest things in this world. There are a great many strange things in the world. But no matter how odd How incredible something may be If a human does not touch it If a human does not see it If a human is not involved with it It is simply a phenomenon. Simply a matter that will fade with time. Humans. Mankind. Homo sapiens. Humans are the most profoundly mysterious living things in the world! Every human being thinks different things are right, and different things are wrong. Whether something is normal or not, it is still different for every person. Happiness is the same everyone has their own definition of it. Everyone finds happiness differently, but ultimately, happiness is a bargain with yourself. You need two things: action and sincerity. Effort must be rewarded. If you pile hardship upon hardship, overcome difficulty after difficulty and give yourself nothing in return, you violate your contract. Being happy is not a right, but a duty. A duty to yourself. Waiving rights is one thing, but failing in your duty is downright irresponsible. To become happy, you need to pay a fair price. Which means that excessive fortune can only be viewed as a threat. You need to earn that fortune through an appropriate amount of work and struggle.

Humans live ultimately run on a balanced budget. If there is good, there is bad, and when bad things happen there must be good things as well. Fundamentally, to be happy you have to bear the burden of an equal amount of misery. To get something good, you have to put up with something bad. It is your duty to accept a measure of happiness equivalent to the actions you have taken. Rejecting it violates your contract with yourself. If you effort is not rewarded, your soul rebels. Even without spirits getting involved, people can cause plenty of strange events on their own. There are all kinds of people you would consider creepy, that are part of mankind, something that dwells within all humans. People always talk about spirits as if they are frightening or evil, but there is nothing as frightening or evil as humans. The belief that you are the protagonist in your own life is a very dependent way of thought. Downright parasitic. It brings with it the preposterous notion that youre the only one that matters. Even though there are six billion people in the world. And you are only one of them. Even the greatest of them cannot escape that fact. Losing things, losing important things, people you care about dying thats just normal, isnt it? Absurd, isnt it, that some people simply cannot understand that. Once something is lost it is too late. Self-centered people prefer to control everything, to organize everything so that they are in charge to try and claim all the credit, and to give up completely if their opinion does not win out. Everyone knows this. But that is not all, quite a lot of people who seem to be quite the opposite people who think everyone is out to get them, people who think they are causing problems for everyone else, people who doubt themselves, people who deny themselves, people who sacrifice themselves, people who abuse themselves, people who blame themselves all of these people are also extremely self-centered.