"No matter how unimportant the meeting...…" — Yuuko Ichihara Quote

"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

"There's no such thing as a coincidence in this world. What does exist is only the inevitable."

— Yuuko Ichihara · xxxHOLiC

"Our relationship has already been formed. No matter how trivial a meeting and the incidents that follow may seem, a relationship is made. Even if it is just for a short amount of time, a knot that has been tied does not unravel. It means that during your lifetime, every incident that passes has meaning. The meeting between you and I also has meaning, so remember it."

— Yuuko Ichihara · xxxHOLiC

"Often times, people simply deny the existence of what they do not understand, and anyone who tells them otherwise is a liar."

— 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

"Learn to make your own decisions, instead of relying on others to make them for you. Otherwise, those decisions will never really be made."

— Yuuko Ichihara · xxxHOLiC