"Being alone is better than being with th…" — L Lawliet Quote

"Why are you staring at me? Are you annoyed that I am the only one who has cake?"

— L Lawliet · Death Note

"I'm not just a tool for you to use in order to solve your puzzles, you know!"

— Mello · Death Note

"Only I could do it! I was well aware that killing people is crime in itself! Yet at that point it was the only way to make things right! I thought to myself that someday people will come to realize this as much, and regard it as an act of justice! I had no choice but to act as Kira… it was the destiny given to me. I was chosen to renew this rotten world, to bring about true peace – a utopia."

— Light Yagami · Death Note

"This isn't divine jugdement. It's the work of some childish killer who's playing at divine retribution. That's all."

— L Lawliet · Death Note

"That's right, I am Kira. And what can you do? Kill me right here?"

— Light Yagami · Death Note

"Oh, I almost forgot. In the event that anyone besides big-headed Near or the deluded murderer is reading these notes, then I should at least perform the basic courtesy of introducing myself, here at the end of the prologue. I am your narrator, your navigator, your storyteller. For anyone else but those two, my identity may be of no interest, but I am the old world's runner-up, the best dresser that died like a dog, Mihael Keehl. I once called myself Mello and was addressed by that name, but that was a long time ago."

— Mello · Death Note