"I love this game that people call "life"…" — Makishima Shougo Quote

"For some time researchers have understood that moderate stress has beneficial effects. It boosts the immune system for example. Stress motivates and prepares us for action. It compels our body to survive. However, routine psycho pass checks take away the stress from us. There are patients whose stress reaction is so numb, they can’t even recognize the basic stimulation of their senses. Once that happens, it’s a neurological downward spiral, they become like living corpses. Eventually their autonomic nervous system stops working and their vital functions shut down."

— Makishima Shougo · Psycho-Pass

"I think the only time people really have value is when they act according to their own will."

— Makishima Shougo · Psycho-Pass

"Books are not something that you just read words in. They're also a tool to adjust your senses."

— Makishima Shougo · Psycho-Pass

"An unforeseen situation... An unexpected turn of events... In the face of those, you too will face your true self."

— Makishima Shougo · Psycho-Pass

"I wonder what sort of criteria you use to divide people into good and evil."

— Makishima Shougo · Psycho-Pass

"Chastity and grace - traditional virtues that have been lost. They comprise the educational ideology of Ousou Academy. They're priorities that are not valued in boys, only in girls. After having them instilled in us, we're shipped out as brand-name product, refined, sheltered maidens, and purchased by men who seek a classic piece of furniture called "a good wife and mother" in a formality known as marriage. Students in this school are all components that will be processed into an artwork called "the lady". They are rough stones waiting to be polished and finished up. They live sad and boring lives, even though there are many other possible ways they could bloom."

— Oryou Rikako · Psycho-Pass