⠀⠀ ⠀      —⠀Takehiko Inoue, Vagabond, Volume 37⠀—
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⠀      “There is no light.. for those who do not know darkness..
Live on and endure the shadows, Takezo.. And brightness shall come your way.”
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⠀⠀⠀ ╳⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀    Miyamoto Musashi ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀  ╳
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⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀“Life has no value!'
Truly right. It has no value.
If you think only of yourself,
it has no value.
'Why was I born?'


The reason you are here...



is because someone supported your life.



'Why was I born? For what purpose?'



The reason you are here...



is to support lives.

If you don't go against how life should be...


You're already completely...


Free.”
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⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀“Preoccupied with a single leaf... you won't see the tree.
Preoccupied with a single tree... you'll miss the entire forest.
Don't be preoccupied with a single spot.
See everything in it's entirety... effortlessly.
That is what it means to truly "see.”



“Have you ever been on a roller coaster, Togawa-kun?
You're only riding on it for a few minutes, right?
If you spent the entire ride thinking "only so many seconds left... until this ride is over..."
then what was the point of riding it in the first place?
Nobody knows why we're alive. We don't have the time to bother.”



“So you want to die honorably?
You are being selfish.
Each and every person you killed had his own life.
Whether that life was blessed or not ...
everyone is born into this world ...
they grow up ...
some people have family ...
some are alone in this world ...
some have young children ...
some are engaged ...
some have pets ...
some people have high hopes and great dreams ...
other have no ambition at all and you ended everything for them Takezo.”

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⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ╳⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀    “Do not fear failure but rather fear not trying.”⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀  ╳