"By the time I noticed, so much time had …" — Sunako Kirishiki Quote

"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

"The cold tears of a vampire, whose body is without warmth..."

— Yuuki Natsuno · 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

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

— Tatsumi · 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

"Death is terrible for anyone. Young or old, good or evil, it's all the same. Death is impartial. There is no especially terrible death. That's why death is so fearsome. Your deeds, your age, your personality, your wealth, your beauty... They are all meaningless in the face of death."

— Sunako Kirishiki · Shiki