Hiromu Arakawa quotes

Even when our eyes are closed, there's a whole world that exists outside ourselves and our dreams.
-- Hiromu Arakawa

#Dream #Eye #Anime

I'm tired of this. It's like, just when I think our goal is within reach, it slips right through our fingers. It's happened time and again. Now, when we finally in our grasp, the truth slaps us in the face.
-- Hiromu Arakawa

#Tired #Thinking #Goal

It's a cruel and random world, but the chaos is all so beautiful.
-- Hiromu Arakawa

#Beautiful #Knowing Who You Are #World

There's no such thing as being cowardly in a fight. ~Edward Elric
-- Hiromu Arakawa

#Fighting #Alchemist

Father: Why did you not become mine God!? God: Because you did not believe in me.
-- Hiromu Arakawa

#Father #Believe #Believe In Me

Your hands weren't meant to take peoples lives. They were meant to save them.
-- Hiromu Arakawa

#Hands

What?! I'm not small! It's the world that's too big!!
-- Hiromu Arakawa

#World #Bigs

Teachings that do not speak of pain have no meaning...because humankind cannot gain anything without first giving something in return.
-- Hiromu Arakawa

#Pain #Teaching #Giving

Nothing's perfect, the world's not perfect. But it's there for us, trying the best it can; that's what makes it so damn beautiful.
-- Hiromu Arakawa

#Beautiful #Perfect #Trying

Men should be buff! Women should be vavoom!
-- Hiromu Arakawa

#Men #Should

Is it alright to believe in the future where everyone can live in happiness?
-- Hiromu Arakawa

#Believe #Alright

Believe in yourself. Pick a path that you, deep down in your soul, won't be ashamed of.
-- Hiromu Arakawa

#Believe #Soul #Path

A lesson without pain is meaningless. For you cannot gain something without sacrificing something in return...
-- Hiromu Arakawa

#Pain #Sacrifice #Lessons

What, exactly, is the happiness that can be earned by turning away from reality?
-- Hiromu Arakawa

#Reality

Bloodshed begets bloodshed. Hatred begits hatred.
-- Hiromu Arakawa

#Hatred #Bloodshed

A different species a different set of values a world completely unlike your own. There is a feeling you can only get when you meet the unknown and open your mind. - Nakajima (Gin no Saji)
-- Hiromu Arakawa

#Feelings #Mind #Different

Al: So what's your strategy? Ed: I told you, a fist in his face!
-- Hiromu Arakawa

#Fists #Als #Faces

Enduring and forgiving are two different things. You must not forgive the cruelty of this world. It's our duty as human beings to be angry at injustice. But we must also endure it. Because someone must sever this chain of hatred.
-- Hiromu Arakawa

#Two #Hatred #Forgiving

Damn it, there are so many idiots whose ***** I have to kick! I'll have to start carrying a list just to keep track of 'em all!
-- Hiromu Arakawa

#Track #Ems #Lists

Riza: Without his Alchemy he's just... Jean: A little brat who swears a lot Maes: An arrogant pipsqueak Roy: Useless. Just useless Alphonse: Sorry big brother, I don't know how to add to that... Ed *starts to cry*: YOU'RE ALL PICKING ON ME!!!
-- Hiromu Arakawa

#Brother #Sorry #Useless

Friends are connected by their souls, you can't just rinse something out that has been deeply instilled into your sou
-- Hiromu Arakawa

#Soul #Connected

Dogs are actually very smart, it's just that they're rather clumsy, but it's this trait that makes humans attracted to them and why I love dogs so much.
-- Hiromu Arakawa

#Dog #Smart #Humans

Arakawa: I'd follow three simple rules: 1) Never go within two kilometres of circus freaks. 2) Never go near the butcher shop in Dublith. 3) Always spend under 300 sen on snacks. That ought to keep me alive!
-- Hiromu Arakawa

#Simple #Snacks #Two

So that the new generation that will be born can enjoy happiness. To pay the cost we will have to shoulder corpses and cross a river of blood (Riza Hawkeye -- Fullmetal Alchemist)
-- Hiromu Arakawa

#Rivers #Blood #Alchemist

Do you wanna play? Everyone's dead, so I got bored. Did you come to play with me? --Wrath
-- Hiromu Arakawa

#Wrath #Play #Bored

Roy: "Looks like it's starting to rain" Riza: "But..It's not raining..." Roy: "Yes it is. This is the rain.
-- Hiromu Arakawa

#Rain #Looks #Starting

Humankind cannot gain something without first giving something in return. To obtain, something of equal value must be lost. This is Alchemy's First Law of Equivalent Exchange. In those days, we really believed that to be the world's one, and only, truth.
-- Hiromu Arakawa

#Anime #Law #Giving

Hughes: (Talking for Mustang) 'I won't allow you to die under my jurisdiction because it'd be a pain to clean up the mess.' That's what he said. Edward: Fine. Tell him, 'Understood. I'll never die before you, colonel, you @#'$ idiot.' Hughes: Ha ha ha! They say the ruder you are, the luckier you are! In that case, you and Roy are gonna live forever!
-- Hiromu Arakawa

#Pain #Talking #Forever

[Thinking about his first day if he were the Fuhrer] "On that day, all female officers will be required to wear... tiny miniskirts!" [Strikes pose] Roy Mustang, The Flame Alchemist, Full metal Alchemist
-- Hiromu Arakawa

#Thinking #Flames #Alchemist

When I, who is called a "weapon" or a "monster", fight a real monster, I can fully realize that I am just a "human".
-- Hiromu Arakawa

#Real #Fighting #Alchemist

The "Wet Tongue Gets Stuck To A Frozen Flagpole" attack!
-- Hiromu Arakawa

#Frozen #Tongue #Flagpoles

Greed (as Ling): You humans always get all "holier-than-thou" when it comes to this stuff... I really don't get you. Edward: It's called having integrity. You should try it sometime
-- Hiromu Arakawa

#Integrity #Greed #Trying

I'M NOT SHORT!!!!! ~Edward Elric
-- Hiromu Arakawa

The two brothers who sought to get their only family back, to feel her warmth, one lost his last family member and the other could never feel warmth again. The one who wanted her baby back lost chance of having one again, And the one who had a vision to see his country change became blind.
-- Hiromu Arakawa

#Country #Baby #Brother

He died in the middle of our conversation. How rude...
-- Hiromu Arakawa

#Rude #Middle #Conversation

There’s no such thing as a painless lesson, they just don’t exist. Sacrifices are necessary; you can’t gain anything without losing something first. Although, if you can endure that pain, and walk away from it you’ll find that you now have a heart strong enough to overcome any obstacle. Yea, a heart made fullmetal.
-- Hiromu Arakawa

#Strong #Pain #Heart

Greed may not be good, but it’s not so bad either. You humans think greed is just for money or power, but everyone wants something they can’t have.
-- Hiromu Arakawa

#Thinking #Greed #May

The Homunculi may have started the war, but we were the ones who carried it out.
-- Hiromu Arakawa

#War #May

Truth is stranger than fiction," as the old saying goes. When I watch a documentary, I can't help crying and then I think to myself, "Fiction can't compete with this." But when I mentioned this to a veteran manga artist friend of mine he said that "fiction brings salvation to characters in stories that would otherwise have no salvation at all." His words strengthened the conviction of my manga spirit.
-- Hiromu Arakawa

#Character #Thinking #Artist

In researching this volume, I interviewed veterans who had been at the front during World War II. I read countless books, examined film footage, and listened to many detailed and intense stories firsthand, but the one comment that affected me the most came from a former soldier who lowered his gaze to the tabletop and said, ‘I never watch war movies.
-- Hiromu Arakawa

#War #Book #Soldier

All right people, listen up! If you've got a family back home waiting for you or if you just want to save your own skin, turn around and walk away. Also, women! I have no intention of fighting any women!
-- Hiromu Arakawa

#Home #Fighting #People

Water: 35 Liters. Carbon: 20 Kg. Ammonia: 4 Liters. Lime: 1.5 Kg. Phosphorus: 800 g. Salt: 250 g. Saltpeter: 100g. Sulfur: 80g. Fluorine: 7.5 g. Iron: 5 g. Silicon: 3 g. And 15 other elements in small quantities... That's the total chemical makeup of the average adult body... For that matter, the elements found in a human being... is all junk that you can buy in any market with a child's allowance. Humans are pretty cheaply made. - Edward Elric
-- Hiromu Arakawa

#Children #Makeup #Average

You cant gain something, without giving something in return
-- Hiromu Arakawa

#Giving #Gains #Return

To obtain something, something of equal value must be lost.
-- Hiromu Arakawa

#Lost #Equal #Values

No fair, sky. I'm the one who feels like crying.
-- Hiromu Arakawa

#Sky #Cry #Feels

But even so, we're not devils, let alone gods. We're human. We're human!
-- Hiromu Arakawa

#Devil #Humans

Stand up and walk. Move forward.
-- Hiromu Arakawa

#Moving #Moving Forward #Walks

If there's no door, then I'll make one!
-- Hiromu Arakawa

#Doors

Fool! Nothing but black ink runs through my veins!
-- Hiromu Arakawa

#Running #Black #Ink

Haven't you ever heard of the saying, "If you want to shoot the general, first shoot the horse!"?' --Lin If you wanna shoot the general, then you should just SHOOT THE GENERAL!' --Ed
-- Hiromu Arakawa

#Horse #Want #Firsts

Stand up and walk. Move on. After all, you have perfect legs to stand on.
-- Hiromu Arakawa

#Moving #Cheer Up #Perfect

It brings joy in sorrow, victory in battle, light to darkness, life to the dead. That is the power of the blood-red jewel which men honor with the name "The Philosopher's Stone.
-- Hiromu Arakawa

#Men #Names #Light

Well, it's like that myth about the hero. He made wings out of wax so he could fly, but when he got too close to the Sun, to God, the wax melted and he crashed to the ground
-- Hiromu Arakawa

#Hero #Wings #Sun

There are many questions in this world that have no answers.
-- Hiromu Arakawa

#Answers #World #This World

Stand up and walk. Keep moving forward. You've got two good legs. So get up and use them. You're strong enough to make your own path.-Edward Elric
-- Hiromu Arakawa

#Strong #Moving #Two

A lesson without pain is meaningless. For you cannot gain anything without sacrificing something else in return, but once you have overcome it and made it your own...you will gain an irreplaceable fullmetal heart.
-- Hiromu Arakawa

#Pain #Heart #Sacrifice

Told you, Rose. Get too close to the sun, and you'll burn." -Edward Elric
-- Hiromu Arakawa

#Rose #Sun

We're going to start walking again. We can't stand still, you know. Not as long as we're still alive.
-- Hiromu Arakawa

#Long #Alive #Stills

And now, I'm thinking again, isn't there something we can do about something we can't do anything about?
-- Hiromu Arakawa

#Thinking

Manga is a very entertaining cultural form, made of many totally different genres. Don’t restrict yourself with a single style of manga. I would be delighted to be your springboard, but try to read as much as you can in order to branch out!
-- Hiromu Arakawa

#Order #Style #Trying

A king is no king without his people, but a people without their king would be lost as well. Lan Fan (Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood)
-- Hiromu Arakawa

#Kings #People #Brotherhood

I draw manga, therefore I am!
-- Hiromu Arakawa

#Draws

It’s ironic that as scientists that don’t believe in god, were the ones that are closest to god.
-- Hiromu Arakawa

#Believe #Ironic #Scientist

You've certainly mellowed out... you used to be fun, full of life and emotion. Lust, Greed, Sloth, Gluttony, Envy, Wrath, and Pride. Of course, excessive want will destroy anyone, but those same desires are necessary to understand what it means to be human. Why did you rid yourself of them?
-- Hiromu Arakawa

#Fun #Mean #Pride

I want you by my side. Forever. (Full Metal Alchemist)
-- Hiromu Arakawa

#Forever #Alchemist #Sides