"I led me by the hand, as if to fill the …" — Kaneki Ken Quote

"Isn't it arrogant to put a price on whether life is "higher" or "lower", Kaneki? We are just bags of meat. The weak bow down and the strong devour them. Rather, if you compared them to all living things, it's humans who have shaved away the most lives. We are different than them."

— Shuu Tsukiyama · Tokyo Ghoul

"We're always trying to justify our actions with ideals. But ideals cannot give grounds for killing another person. The act of taking a life will always be considered... evil."

— Yoshimura · Tokyo Ghoul

"The world runs on power. Everything is determined by the superior power. You are weak. That is why you lose."

— Ayato Kirishima · Tokyo Ghoul

"If an angelic being fell from the sky and tried to live in this world of ours, I think even they would commit many wrongs."

— Juuzou Suzuya · Tokyo Ghoul

"My severe injuries had healed and the sweet taste of blood coated my mouth. I kept walking, my goal vague...trying to dispel the building unease in my chest... Upon entering an open area was the scent of rotting flowers and in the middle of the flowerbed, he stood... Without anyone saying a thing, without his name given, like an unsolved puzzle falling into place by itself, just by seeing that figure, I--understood exactly who I faced. The CCG's reaper. The undefeated ghoul investigator. A cold, vivid gaze. There, stood the God of Death. Why was it that I was seeing beauty in death rather than life? Strangely, I thought he was beautiful... Disoriented, I had failed to comprehend the scene before my eyes. It was not anything like flowers but a large amount of "Death". Had he done this alone?... It's a lie... Koma...Irimi...After all that... No matter how I tried to rouse my will to fight with hatred, more than sorrow, more than rage, the emotion that arose within me was despair. Because 'my turn' was next.""

— Kaneki Ken · Tokyo Ghoul

"We need to have a mask that we never take off."

— Uta · Tokyo Ghoul