"No one knows when they will die. Neither…" — Seishin Muroi Quote

"It's not a matter of a creature's individual worth. It's a matter of a creature's personal feelings."

— Tatsumi · Shiki

"By the time I noticed, so much time had passed that even my little sister would have died naturally already."

— Sunako Kirishiki · Shiki

"If I was the protagonist in this story, I'm sure someone would come save me. It would be like a miracle. But I have no one to save me. There is no god who would grant me a miracle. I'm a murderer, after all. But I've done nothing bad. All I did was feed myself. If I hadn't, I would have starved to death. Would it have been better that way? Am I evil because I didn't let myself starve to death? Give me an answer, Muroi-san! I didn't willingly become such a creature. But if I have a life, shouldn't I treasure it? Is that a sin? Muroi-san! This is what it means to be abandoned by God."

— Sunako Kirishiki · Shiki

"My new family is just so kind. It's almost if there's been some kind of mistake... like, I'll have to pay back for all this happiness later on."

— Nao Yasumori · Shiki

"At first, everyone is disgusted. Afraid to bear the sin of killing people. Afraid to receive punishment for replenishing themselves with the life of another. But, once you realize that you won't be punished for killing people, you get used to the guilt pretty soon. The guilt of using humans for food. Aren't humans the same?"

— Mutou Tohru · Shiki

"Just like humans, approve killing animals in society, we, approve the killing of humans."

— Mutou Tohru · Shiki