"[talking to Kiba, who is being held in a…" — Hige Quote

"When are we born? When do we die? Why are we born? Why do we die? The world has been destroyed and we've fallen countless times, always resurrecting from the ashes as Paradise. It has happened before, and it will happen again. An endless cycle of life and death. The world is a Paradise that was opened by someone, but this era too is almost at an end. We have acquired the means to exceed our natural span of life, never suspecting that the world itself was finalized in its existence. This knowledge has left me in despair, my fate has fallen and scattered like the petals of a dying flower, like the blast from a sand storm it has been worn down and weathered away. As if to be purified, the world will be encased in ice so that it can return to the beginning once more. Paradise is a world that is opened by someone..."

— Spirit Owl · Wolf's Rain

"You're a strange one, all right. But having pride doesn't count for much if you're dead, you know?"

— Hige · Wolf's Rain

"[to Toboe] I wanted to take you to paradise."

— Tsume · Wolf's Rain

"I finished Hige off. I don't want to move any more either. I knew it from the beginning, I knew it somewhere in my heart. That's why I led a spontaneous life. I was confident after having met you... that I wasn't the one who would open Paradise. [groans]"

— Tsume · Wolf's Rain

"Dying or getting killed isn't something unnatural. Living aimlessly without a purpose is."

— Kiba · Wolf's Rain

"[tsume bites into his neck] Let's meet up again in Paradise."

— Hige · Wolf's Rain