“Just because you know it [my past]… doesn’t mean that my wounds are a weight you have to carry. ~Kurogane-san”

“When we laugh at the joy in everyday life we realise that the world is not such a serious place after all.”

“Nothing is more comical than seriousness understood as a virtue that has to precede all important literature”

“That is the curse of lying, Sister. Once you place that crown of the liar upon your head, you can take it off again, but it leaves a stain for all time.”

“There are things that are so serious that you can only joke about them.”