"If you're gonna have great happiness, it…" — Yuuko Ichihara Quote

"Normal? What's normal? To only do what the masses do? And what is the benefit of that? Where is the problem in adopting a custom that is "abnormal" if it has no negative effect on the world at large?"

— Yuuko Ichihara · xxxHOLiC

"One day a man had a dream. He dreamed that he was a butterfly. He fluttered and fluttered, flew and flew. He so loved the feeling of freedom that he decided that he was a butterfly. But when he woke up, he wasn't a butterfly. He was a human after all. Then the man thought, "I wonder if I, The Man, dreamed that I was a butterfly or if this moment is truly the dream. Maybe the man I am now is a dream that a butterfly is having."

— Doumeki Haruka · xxxHOLiC

"If you believe it was destined to happen it is most likely to happen, if you believe nothing has been decided then most likely nothing has been decided."

— Yuuko Ichihara · xxxHOLiC

"Family is other people. No matter how close your blood relationship is... no matter what your relationship may be... anyone other than you is not you! And so you have to think it over and decide for yourself! Take away other people's wants and needs, and decide if this is something that is necessary for you! It may cause hardships to others, but you want it. That's your free will right there! But you ignore that and decide based on someone else's advice, because decency demands it, because people say it's awful, you will fail and quit. No one could succeed that way! You don't understand what you're trying to do. With that as your background, how do you expect to make a promise to yourself? But the opposite way... there are risks there too, of course. If you decide to take the action that best suits you, there will be people who won't understand. People will be saddened by your actions."

— Yuuko Ichihara · xxxHOLiC

"Living things are restrained by Chains: The laws of nature, the flow of time, the vessel known as your “body”, and the existence called your mind. There's only one chain that people can wield: WORDS."

— Yuuko Ichihara · xxxHOLiC

"Good and bad are human concepts, so something that is not human cannot be classified as neither good nor bad."

— Yuuko Ichihara · xxxHOLiC