"Everything eventually faces destruction.…" — Tatsumi Quote

"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

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

— Yuuki Natsuno · Shiki

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

— Tatsumi · Shiki

"It's not that I'm on the side of humans. I just really don't like you guys."

— Yuuki Natsuno · Shiki

"In this world, there are crimes too depraved to ever be forgiven."

— Tomio Ookawa · 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