"I feel confined, only free to expand mys…" — Motoko Kusanagi Quote

"There has never been a report about a stomach ache or any other related medical trauma from swallowing your pride."

— Daisuke Aramaki · Ghost in the Shell

"I guess once you start doubting, there's no end to it."

— Batou · Ghost in the Shell

"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

"All things change in a dynamic environment. Your effort to remain what you are is what limits you."

— Puppet Master · 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