"I don't let anyone in my sight get away,…" — Vash the Stampede Quote

"It's a simple formula. The greater the tragedy, the greater the emotional effect."

— Legato Bluesummers · Trigun

"Doesn't seem to matter how far I travel, my destiny is always followed by blood and gunsmoke. The result is always the same every time, mountains of death and debris."

— Vash the Stampede · Trigun

"If you keep saving butterflies, spiders will starve to death! But... wanting to save them both is a contradiction. What would you rather do? Keep deliberating? The butterfly will be eaten in the meantime."

— Millions Knives · Trigun

"Those who make mistakes blame themselves and close their hearts. It's impossible to fix the mistake. Men can't return to the past. That's why they drink. Lushes, drunks, sliding alcohol down their throats to try to dilute the memories that can't be forgotten. Frank Marlon, the gunsmith, does nothing but drink, and questions the glass after it's empty. "Am I wrong? Was I wrong?""

— Vash the Stampede · Trigun

"Does this man look like the legendary gunman Vash the Stampede? That droopy-eyed, weak-looking, bristle-headed, promiscuous-looking donut freak of a man?"

— Meryl Stryfe · Trigun

"[about Vash] The way he looked at me... it was as though he had shot the kid..."

— Nicholas D. Wolfwood · Trigun