She and Her Cat Quotes

“I love her face when she smiles. But it could be that her smile is a lie that she uses to hide her clenched teeth. I don't understand why she cried. I can't even say, "You'll be all right." But I will always be by your side. After all, I am your cat.”
― Makoto Shinkai, She and Her Cat

“No human is always strong, but no human is weak forever, either.”
― Makoto Shinkai, She and Her Cat

“I don’t fear death. It’s no different from sleeping — it’s like we practice dying every night.”
― Makoto Shinkai, She and Her Cat

“it's your life, and you have to make sure you keep enough of it for yourself”
― Makoto Shinkai, She and Her Cat

“we can't remember everything, only the parts that are truly important”
― Makoto Shinkai, She and Her Cat

“I couldn’t do anything about her problems.
I just lived my days at her side.”
― Makoto Shinkai, She and Her Cat

“I believed things like happiness and misfortune depended on how you saw things”
― Makoto Shinkai, She and Her Cat

“simply put, paradise never lasts long”
― Makoto Shinkai, She and Her Cat

“Her, enveloped in the smell of the snow, and her cold fingertips, and the sound of the black clouds drifting through the sky so high above, and her heart, and my feelings, and our apartment. . . The snow soaks up every sound. Only the sounds of the train she rides reach my pricked-up ears. I . . . and probably she, too . . . like this world, I think.”
― Makoto Shinkai, She and Her Cat

“I love her face when she smiles.

But it could be that her smile is a lie that she uses to hide her clenched teeth,

I don't understand why she cried.

I can't even say, "You'll be alright."

But I will always be by your side.

After all, I am your cat.”
― Makoto Shinkai, She and Her Cat

“When she came home, she smelled the way I like. But . . . her face seemed sadder than when she left.”
― Makoto Shinkai, She and Her Cat

“I'm not going to die. I'm going to become eternity.”
― Naruki Nagakawa, She and Her Cat

“My ears pricked up as her train passed by. The sound of a beating heart that made the world go round. This one unchanging pulse in the ever-changing world was a source of comfort to me. I couldn't do anything about her problems. I just lived my days at her side.”
― Naruki Nagakawa, She and Her Cat

“humans are really frightened of death [...] not just of their own”
― Makoto Shinkai, She and Her Cat

“it's not so much a matter of developing talent as not losing it [...] all the talent and power and resources people may possess will not remain with them for ever”
― Makoto Shinkai, She and Her Cat

“Let's go home together.”
― Makoto Shinkai, She and Her Cat

“And then after that long, long phone call, she wept.”
― Makoto Shinkai, She and Her Cat

“The only one waiting at home for me is my cat!”
― Makoto Shinkai, She and Her Cat

“don't forget what you wish for. if you hold it in your heart, it will some day be granted, even if i'm not here”
― Makoto Shinkai, She and Her Cat

“I don't fear death. It's no different from sleeping - it's like we practice dying every night.”
― Naruki Nagakawa, She and Her Cat

“it took an incredibly long time for stars to keep forming and dying, and more elements were made inside the shrinking stars”
― Makoto Shinkai, She and Her Cat

“paradise was the place where you didn't have to work for food, and could live happily in peace without having to fight”
― Makoto Shinkai, She and Her Cat

“I love her face when she smiles. But it could be that her smile is a lie that she uses to hide her clenched teeth.

I don't understand why she cried. I can't even say, "You'll be alright."

But I will always be by your side. After all, I am your cat.”
― Makoto Shinkai, She and Her Cat

“I love her face when she smiles.

But it could be that her smile is a lie that she uses to hide her clenched teeth.

I don't understand why she cried. I can't even say, "You'll be alright."

But I will always be by your side.

After all, I am your cat.”
― Makoto Shinkai, She and Her Cat

“I love her face when she smiles.

But it could be that her smile is a lie that she uses to hide her clenched teeth.

I don't understand why she cried. I can't even say, "You'll be alright." But I will always be by your side.

After all, I am your cat.”
― Makoto Shinkai, She and Her Cat

“Certainly, I felt more comfortable working with documents than with people. I was not a good communicator and would find myself running out of things to say almost immediately.”
― Makoto Shinkai, She and Her Cat

“She's always ready with a kind smile for me. But . . . sometimes, that can be intensely frustrating.”
― Makoto Shinkai, She and Her Cat