"There has never been a report about a st…" — Daisuke Aramaki Quote

"Life is like a node which is born within the flow of information. As a species of life that carries DNA as its memory system... man gains his individuality from the memories he carries. While memories may as well be the same as fantasy... it is by these memories that mankind exists."

— Puppet Master · Ghost in the Shell

"There are countless ingredients that make up the human body and mind, like all the components that make up me as an individual with my own personality. Sure, I have a face and voice to distinguish myself from others, but my thoughts and memories are unique only to me, and I carry a sense of my own destiny. Each of those things are just a small part of it. I collect information to use in my own way. All of that blends to create a mixture that forms me and gives rise to my conscience."

— Motoko Kusanagi · Ghost in the Shell

"Life perpetuates itself through diversity, and this includes the ability to sacrifice itself when necessary. Cells repeat the process of degeneration and regeneration until one day they die, obliterating an entire set of memory and information. Only genes remain. Why continually repeat this cycle? Simply to survive by avoiding the weaknesses of an unchanging system."

— Puppet Master · Ghost in the Shell

"And can you offer me proof of your existence? How can you, when neither modern science nor philosophy can explain what life is?"

— Puppet Master · Ghost in the Shell

"I guess once you start doubting, there's no end to it."

— Batou · Ghost in the Shell

"I feel confined, only free to expand myself within boundaries."

— Motoko Kusanagi · Ghost in the Shell