Solanin Quotes

“I wondered if the Demon that whispered "Why not be free?" was Freedom itself.”
― Inio Asano, Solanin

“The world is drowning in weirdness and lies......and here we are, so used to it that we're actually bored!”
― Inio Asano, Solanin

“Isn't it better to regret things you've done, than regret things you've never even tried?”
― Inio Asano, Solanin

“... back then the sky seemed so vast.

And now the sky above me... is low, and narrow, and heavy.”
― Inio Asano, Solanin

“When you're sincere about doing something, you're stalked by the fear that there's no turning back.”
― Inio Asano, Solanin

“I'm not some pure heart chasing after dreams. I know how difficult it is to live an ordinary life, having to overlook each other's shortcomings.”
― Inio Asano, Solanin

“I always thought I wasn't afraid to die. No... No one is afraid of death itself. Your pain and suffering is over in an instant. What really makes me suffer... Is seeing you crying over me... From the darkness of the Milky Way.

I'm sorry... Please don't make that face. You look best when you're smiling, you know.”
― Inio Asano, Solanin

“Nothing's going to change if you're just thinking about it. No matter how much you worry about someone else's problems.... you can't fix it for them.”
― Inio Asano, Solanin

“Besides... I'm very old and I can't remember things too well anymore. When my letters come back to me, it makes me feel like my wife still remembers me.”
― Inio Asano, Solanin

“ the path your life is stuck on and be free

It's a dark whisper calling to me.

But I'm not brave enough to listen. I'm old enough to know I don't have any special talents. So no matter how depressing... I have to suck it up... And live the life I have.”
― Inio Asano, Solanin

“Today is the first step of our new lives.”
― Inio Asano, Solanin

“We were like visitors to some strange planet.”
― Inio Asano, Solanin

“Anyway, I think the two of you should be free to do whatever you want right now. When you're young, you think the only way to happiness is the hard road... but it's actually much simpler than that.”
― Inio Asano, Solanin

“I always thought I wasn't afraid to die. No... no one is afraid of death itself. Your pain and suffering is over in an instant. What really makes me suffer... Is seeing you crying over me... From the darkness of the Milky Way.

I'm sorry... Please don't make that face. You look best shdn you're smiling, you know.”
― Inio Asano, Solanin

“De repente pensé. ¿Cuántas veces más podré sentir una felicidad como esta?”
― Inio Asano, Solanin. Integral

“The love song I wrote that day... I got embarrassed and never sang it for her.

Oh yeah... I'll sing it to her when I go home.

I'll go home.

I'll hurry home.”
― Inio Asano, Solanin

“My brand new sandals are a little stiff, and I think they'll give me blisters. But I love them, so I'll probably wear them out.

With cautious feet, we move forward. Today is the first step of our new lives.”
― Inio Asano, Solanin

“I bet even this little boy will grow up to be an adult before he realizes. He'll just become an adult like that. Whether he accepts it or resists until the end is a big fork in the path of life, I suppose.”
― Inio Asano, Solanin

“Ahh… the freedom! I can go for a leisurely walk whenever I want. I can do the wash when the weather’s good. I suck at cooking, but now I’ve got the time to try something fancy. And… And… It only took me a week of drifting through days with no purpose to realize that aimless freedom is absolutely boring”
― Inio Asano, Solanin Vol. 1, 2

“You should just tell him what you want him to do. Before he gets the wrong idea. This might be your last chance. Nothing’s going to change if you’re just thinking about it. No matter how much you worry about someone else’s problems, you can’t fix it for them. If you’re putting it off because you’ve got this ideal that reality can never match, just think, isn’t it better to regret things you’ve done, than regret things you’ve never even tried?”
― Inio Asano, Solanin Vol. 1, 2

“You’re scared of being criticized for the music you love so much! But you’ll never know if you’re good or bad if you don’t get out there and play, right?”
― Inio Asano, Solanin Vol. 1, 2

“Good-bye...It’s all right
Be well wherever you are
I too will survive
It’s all right, so good-bye”
― Inio Asano, Solanin Vol. 1, 2

“Taneda también tiene que ser consciente de que este instante se sostiene sobre el hecho de que hemos dado la espalda a varias realidades. Y de que a partir de ahora no podremos desaprovechar ninguna oportunidad, por insignificante que parezca. Por eso, este instante debe ser el punto de inflexión: desde una rutina en la que consumimos nuestra limitada vida hacia otra en la que lo que hacemos es construirla.”
― Inio Asano, Solanin. Integral

“There's nothing cool about these characters. They're just your average 20-somethings who blend into the backdrop of the city. But the most important messages in our lives don't come from musicians on stage or stars on television. They come from the average people all around you, the ones who are just feet from where you stand. That's what I believe.”
― Inio Asano, Solanin

“If I can make it before the light changes, I'm sure everything will work out.”
― Inio Asano, Solanin

“I have no idea what to do with myself. And while I wait for my epiphany, I feel the toxins collecting in my body. But I'm still young and dissatisfied. Constantly disgruntled by society and adults. I'm just your average worker in Tokyo.”
― Inio Asano, Solanin

“My family has a farm, so from time to time my folks send me loads of vegetables. But as a creature of a consumer society, I prefer store bought bread and chocolates.”
― Inio Asano, Solanin

“But when my other untalented friends and I got together with some instruments it was like our world opened up. It was like zero and zero got together and made infinity.”
― Inio Asano, Solanin