"Babies are jobless when they are born to…" — Mukai Hitoshi Quote

"A detective must become nothing more than an advocate. We must never put words to the feelings that failed to take form."

— Shionji Yuuko · Kamisama No Memochou

"There are only two professions in the whole world that give meaning to those who have died and what have been lost... They're writers and detectives. Writers are the only ones able to revive what was lost through their visions. Detectives are the only ones able to dig up the grave and bring back lost information. But the information us detectives dig up is nothing more than the truth as recorded in Heaven's Memo Pad."

— Shionji Yuuko · Kamisama No Memochou

"As of this moment, you're my official assistant. Your arms, your legs, your eyes, your ears, your throat, your nails, your teeth, and your tongue. Even the last drop of your blood. They all belong to me now."

— Shionji Yuuko · Kamisama No Memochou

"True detective work is beyond the general masses. After all, we're advocates for the dead. We dig up what was lost to the grave and hurt the living to defend the honor of the dead. And we humiliate the dead to comfort the living."

— Shionji Yuuko · Kamisama No Memochou

"NEETs aren't people who can't do or won't do things. The only difference is the rules. Because we're playing with different rules, we're forced to do things differently. The participants are disoriented. They frown. Then they are discouraged by labeling and stereotyping and find comfort in isolation."

— Shionji Yuuko · Kamisama No Memochou

"NEET is not a stereotype. It's a way of life."

— Shionji Yuuko · Kamisama No Memochou