"Just as water runs downhill, the human h…" — Hideo Kuze Quote

"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

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

— Motoko Kusanagi · Ghost in the Shell

"If we all reacted the same way, we'd be predictable, and there's always more than one way to view a situation. What's true for the group is also true for the individual. It's simple: overspecialize, and you breed in weakness. It's slow death."

— Motoko Kusanagi · Ghost in the Shell

"Who can gaze into the mirror without becoming evil? The mirror does not reflect evil, but creates it."

— Motoko Kusanagi · Ghost in the Shell

"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