"I killed many people to act on my ideal.…" — Archer Quote

"The storyteller may fall silent, the music may cease, but the story will not end. Be it tragedy or comedy, as long as there is applause, the story will not end. It is just like the multitude of human lives. Warm blessings to we who were not rewarded, and we who are still on our way. Our travels continue on."

— Fate/stay night · Fate/stay night

"Yes, I saw it over and over... Meaningless massacres. Meaningless suffering. Meaningless happiness! I was forced to watch it all. Even when I refused to look, it surrounded me. That isn't what I wished for! I didn't become a Guardian for this!"

— Archer · Fate/stay night

"That's right! I admired his desire to save people because it was beautiful! But none of that feeling is my own! What else can you call it but hypocrisy?! I was driven by my obsessive need to help someone. I kept running, neither noticing the pain nor how wrong I was! But it's all a fake. Such hypocrisy can not save anything. No, first of all, I didn't even know what I wanted to save!"

— Archer · Fate/stay night

"It is the path you have chosen. Take pride in it."

— Kotomine Kirei · Fate/stay night

"You are a hateful woman. You oppose me to the very end. But I shall forgive you."

— Archer · Fate/stay night

"Atone for my sins? [...] I have no sins to atone for, nor have I forced such a meaningless concept on anyone."

— Archer · Fate/stay night