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“However if you wish unhappiness on someone else then the very strength of that wish will make you unhappy.”
― Clamp, xxxHOLiC, Vol. 13

“Instead of regretting what we cannot do, it is better to do anything we can do. Even if what we do does not bring us to our goal, it brings us much closer to it.”
― CLAMP

“Kurogane: For all my life... I've wanted strength. I didn't want those things precious to me to be taken away from me anymore. But, to have strength means to invite disaster to come to you. And strength alone can't really protect you.”
― Clamp, ツバサ-RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE- 22

“Because I wished for everyone to live, I did everything I could.”
― Clamp

“The princess is strong. And because she's strong, she's fragile. If somebody doesn't teach her that fact, she'll break.”
― CLAMP, Tsubasa: RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE, Vol. 18

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

“You can't know now what the results will be in the future. So for now, don't even think about it. Think about what you want to do and what you can do. That's very different from 'running away'. What do you want to do?”
― CLAMP, Tsubasa: RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE, Vol. 26

“I can't do much yet, but even if I can do a little to help ... I want to give it all I have! If a person doesn't do anything, they never get any better. Doing one little thing, taking one little step forward ... I gotta believe it will help build a better future!”
― CLAMP, Tsubasa: RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE, Vol. 04

“Most of the people who feel they are unhappy now are holding a grudge and wishing unhappiness on that person.”
― Clamp, xxxHOLiC, Vol. 13

“The instand one gives up, that is when it all ends. Keep wishing. Wish strongly! Wish hard! Do not let it matter what kind of being you are! Do not let it matter what pressures others put on you! Continue to wish for that which your heart truly desires!!”
― CLAMP, Tsubasa: RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE, Vol. 10

“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. The one chain that people can wield, words.”
― CLAMP

“Humans create terrible things. Why do they make things that only bring them pain? It’s because they don’t know what’s comfortable anymore. So perhaps they don’t know that they are in pain…”
― CLAMP

“But it is a very difficult thing to change the future.
The slightest turn of phrase…action and the human soul.
The future changes direction based on those things.”
― Clamp, ツバサ-RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE- 22

“But then, crying when you need to cry is another way to show strength.”
― CLAMP

“Yotsuba: I’ll get revenge! … I’m going!

Jumbo (in a suffering manner): Yotsuba… please, come back alive…

Yotsuba (heroic): Alright. Even if I die… I’ll come back alive.

—–Yotsuba!”
― Kiyohiko Azuma, Yotsuba&!, Vol. 3

“You can't give more or take more than the exact worth! If you give more than you need to ... you'll be hurt! In your body in the material world ... in your luck in the world of the stars ... and in your soul in the heavenly world!”
― CLAMP, Tsubasa: RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE, Vol. 28

“Even though this world is narrow, it is wide... to those who understand.

This world isn't the only one.”
― CLAMP

“However, there is something stronger than an unaccomplished future someone saw in a dream and that is a wish of a human heart.”
― Clamp, ツバサ-RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE- 22

“You don’t belong only to yourself, you know. I doubt there is a single person in this world that belongs only to himself. When someone makes a connection...there is always something shared. And so people will never be completely free. It’s that which brings out the fun...and sadness...and love.”
― CLAMP, xxxHolic, Vol. 8

“Do you think someone someone who'd sacrifice himself so easily, is worth as the same as the life someone so precious?

In other words, you consider her an absolute fool who would try to protect a worthless trash as yourself.”
― CLAMP(Author) ; CLAMP(Illustrator)

“Thanks to the choice you made, another future was set in place. And the choice you have yet to make, will decide another...”
― CLAMP

“Doing or not doing something - they are similar. Both involve an action and sincerity.”
― CLAMP, xxxHolic, Vol. 1

“One becomes very strong when one abandons all one's doubts.”
― CLAMP, ツバサ-RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE- 23

“Just because you're sad or weak doesn't give you the right to hurt others. But no matter how hard you try, as long as you're alive, you'll have to inconvenience someone. Maybe the act of living has nothing to do with dreams or ideals. Perhaps it's more a matter of how much trouble you cause for others ... and how you redeem yourself.”
― CLAMP

“No matter how close your blood relationship is…no matter what your relationship may be…anyone other 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 necessary for you! It may cause hardship 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 to 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?”
― CLAMP, xxxHolic, Vol. 1

“I said it before-the only one who can decide is the person herself. I did all I could. From here on out, it’s up to her.”
― CLAMP, xxxHolic, Vol. 1

“Maybe all people who do bad things…are just really lonely.”
― CLAMP, Tokyo Babylon, Vol. 7

“The power of your will is everything.”
― CLAMP, Magic Knight Rayearth I, Vol. 2

“Whether you understand it or don't understand . . . whether you accept it or not . . . what is, is. That's all there is to it.”
― CLAMP, xxxHolic, Vol. 8

“It's frightening that there's no guarantee that I'll be loved.”
― Natsuki Takaya