"Willpower alone isn't enough in battle."

"Ever since I joined the survey corps, I've had people dying on me everyday. But... you understand, don't you? One day or another, everyone you care about eventually dies. It's something we simply can't accept. It's a realization that could drive you insane... It's painful... so painful... I get it. And still... we must keep moving forward."

— Hange Zoe · Shingeki no Kyojin

"Living this way is my way of getting revenge!! I'm going to be living proof that your fate isn't decided at birth!! So what about you?! You're going to kill yourself, the ultimate act of submission. Is that how much you want to please the people who treated you like a nuisance?! Why are you trying to hurt yourself?! If your will is that strong... Then shouldn't you be able to change your fate?!"

— Ymir · Shingeki no Kyojin

"We will have lost only the moment humans give up and stop fighting. As long as they keep on fighting, our defeat is not certain."

— Mike Zacharias · Shingeki no Kyojin

"You're not a strong person, so you can really understand how weak people feel. I mean... Most humans are weak, including me... But if I got an order from someone who saw things like I do, no matter how tough it was, I'd do my damnedest to carry it out."

— Marco Bodt · Shingeki no Kyojin

"I think there are times people have to die... even if I don't like it."

— Armin Arlelt · Shingeki no Kyojin

"The difference in judgement between you and me, originates from different rules derived from past experience."

— Levi Ackerman · Shingeki no Kyojin