Fruits Basket Quotes
"Like my motto says - 'Never give up no matter what life throws your way!' "
~Tohru
"Hana, don't actually shock anyone, okay?"
~Uo
"I lost my home again."
"Are you alright?"
"Yes. It's sad. But...not as sad as other things."
"Like what?"
"Like...not telling Mom 'Be safe' on the day she died. I said that everyone morning - 'Bye, be safe.' Except that day. I didn't say it. I had a test. So I stayed up studying almost the whole night. But when it was time for Mom to go to work, I didn't wake up. I couldn't tell her 'be safe.' And she never came home. I used to think about quitting school, working ... Mom told me she didn't finish school, but she always wished that she did. When she said that, that's when I knew why she worked so hard. It was all for me. And with everything she did, I couldn't even get up long enough to say goodbye when she was walking out the door. Not even that one little thing. And then she was gone. So now, I have to finish high school like Mom wanted me to no matter what. I have to hold that diploma in my hand. I have to. For her. I can't give up."
~Tohru and Shigure
"You can just be yourself. Do things your own way, one step at a time. You'll get there. Just be yourself, you'll be fine."
~Kyoko
"AH! I turned him into a cat! I'm so sorry, I don't know how this happened but we're going to help you, okay?!"
~Tohru
"Mr. Postman! It's terrible, you see! They're ANIMALS!"
~Tohru
"You can erase my memory, but afterwards, promise you'll still be my friend?"
~Tohru
"We have just witnessed a classic example of what I like to call 'misdirected rage.' I believe the technical term is 'being an ass.' "
~Shigure
"Please tell me you didn't just do what I think you did?!"
"My love!"
Kyo Sohma: "My shirt!"
~Kyo and Kagura
"You don't understand how a woman feels when she's in love!"
"Yes I do! At least, I've felt enough women to venture a guess."
~Kagura and Shigure
"I should have known. There was no way I could have joined the others. A rice ball doesn't belong in a fruits basket."
~Tohru
"Maybe the reason that you don't see it is because it's stuck to your back. What I mean is, a person's admirable qualities. They're just like, say, a pickled plum on a rice ball! In other words, the person's the rice ball and the plum is stuck to their back. So all over the world, you could have rice balls made with all sorts of wonderful ingredients, all different flavors and shapes and colors, but since it's stuck in the middle of everyone's back, someone could have a plum and not even know it. They'd look at themselves and think, 'I'm so plain, nothing but white rice.' Even though it isn't true, because turn them around and sure enough, there it is ... there's the plum. So if someone is jealous of somebody else, well then it's probably because it's easier to see the plum on someone else's back than your own. Yup, I can see it, I can see it very clearly, Kyo ... You don't know it, but you have a great big plum on your back. Yuki's admirable in his way, and you're admirable in yours."
"Okay now that is definitely the dumbest thing I've ever heard! What's so great about a stinkin' plum anyway?!"
"Oh, I'm sorry, we can change it to salmon if you want. Excuse me, I guess I left the kettle on the stove."
"Hey ... You've got one too ... I mean, stuck to your back. There's a plum. I...I can see it."
"You can see it?"
"Yeah, but it's really small, like a baby plum."
"Baby plums are delicious!"
"No, it's way, WAY tiny."
~Tohru and Kyo
"Hatori ... you're as cold as snow."
~Akito
"It's snowing! I knew it would snow today! Say, here's a question: when the snow melts, what does it become?"
"The answer is water, of course."
"Bzz, bzz, nope, it becomes spring!"
~Kana and Hatori
"Oftentimes in memory there is a tendency to overly romanticize the people we love ... She was my spring."
~Hatori
"But you don't have to be afraid, not of me. Hatori, I'm so happy to have met you. And I'm even happier to have fallen in love with you. I want to stay with you."
~Kana
"You won't have to be troubled over me anymore. I hope you meet someone who can make you happy. It is my sincerest wish that you do."
~Hatori
"I knew that day I would live my life as the frozen snow, so the dream we had together would never melt away."
~Hatori
"You know, she always used to leave that window in her room wide open."
"What were you doing in her room?"
"I wasn't, I saw it from outside!"
~Kyo and Yuki
"Wipe that smug little smirk off your face before I come over there and do it for ya! Yeah, you'll be sorry then won't ya, and I'll make you say it."
"I'm sorry."
"SHUT UP! You're a real wise ass, ya know that!"
"At least I'm not the noisy idiot who's causing a scene in front of the store."
"Oh, you done it now girly boy, we're taking this outside."
"We're already outside, you stupid cat."
~Kyo and Yuki
"By the way, what I just did was very dangerous, and if that had been anyone other than Kyo, they'd probably have been hurt very badly, so don't try this at home."
"DON'T TRY IT HERE! Who are you even talking to?!"
~Haru and Kyo
"I AM SERIOUSLY GONNA MURDER YOU!"
"He's not serious."
~Kyo and Yuki
"High school girls, high school girls, all for me, high school girls!"
~Shigure
::watching Haru and Kyo fight:: "Somehow, this has turned into an fighting anime."
~Tohru
::after two boys talk about trying to get Tohru to go out with them and Kyo saves her:: "See what happens when you stand there like a space cadet?"
"Oh, uh, was I?"
"At least stay alert when you're by yourself or it'll be your own damn fault when someone kidnaps you."
"Right!"
"I said when you're alone."
"Right!"
"You don't have to worry about it when you're with me. You can space out as much as you want."
"Right..."
"And I didn't mean anything funny by that! I was just saying! S-so don't get the wrong idea!"
~Kyo and Tohru
"If I wore a tie, it wouldn't change who I am. If I had no piercings, it wouldn't mean I'm nice. And if my hair was black it wouldn't stop me from kicking your ass!"
~Haru
"You stubborn idiot. What if it was Yuki wearing a girl's uniform?"
"Haru, cut it out or I will cut you off."
"Aw, have my words made you angry?"
"It's beautiful!"
"Stop imagining me!"
~Haru, Yuki, Mokoto
"If it's possible for one person to be hurt by another, then it's possible for that person to be healed by another."
~Hatori
"This concludes my wonderful story."
"You mean stupid!"
~Ayame and Kyo
"What can I learn from a stupid cat like you? You didn’t even know that Jason isn’t really a bear. He’s a character in a horror film."
"Yeah? So what if I didn’t? Like I’d waste my time watching some movie about a bear!"
"You truly are an idiot."
~Yuki and Kyo
"Hey, if you're going to the grave then I'm going too!"
"Why are you telling me?"
"Shut up, I'm going and that's final!"
~Kyo and Yuki
"Are you sure? Shigure said it [his shot] hurt really bad."
"Yes, well, I did that on purpose."
"Oh, Hari, you're killing me! Why would you be so cruel?"
"It seemed to be the only way to shut you up at the time."
~Momiji, Hatori, Shigure
"To truly love someone, is to always put their feelings before your own ... no matter what."
~Hana
"I guess even bad guys have problems."
~Tohru
"What's the thing?!"
~Yuki
"It's okay if you don't have that kind of courage. The important thing is you're alive. And life hurts sometimes, and sometimes it can be hard, but it won't always be that way. There's gotta be a reason for you to live."
~Tohru
"What the HELL are Ritsu and Hatori doing here?!"
~Kyo
"I bet you're wishing you had a little housewife like Tohru."
"You know, you really shouldn't make such stupid comments."
"CAUSE I'M GONNA KNOCK YOU THROUGH THE ROOF!"
"Oh, uh, Kyo, I didn't see you there."
"No one's the little housewife of anyone, got it? And if I hear you say it again I'm gonna snap you in two!"
"Kyo's scaring me!"
~Shigure, Hatori, Kyo
"Yes, that's exactly what I said!"
"No it wasn't."
~Shigure and Hatori
"I'm so happy you're here. I really am. And you know Tohru, everyday you've been here since the day you were born, I've a reason to smile."
"But I'm always here silly, you're my mommy. I was born to be with you."
"Well I guess that's why I'm always happy!"
~Kyoko and Tohru
"We're all searching for a meaning to our lives. Everyone. We have to. Because ... no matter who you are ... I don't think anyone's born knowing the reason they're alive. It's just something you have to find as you go along. And it's different for everyone. There are as many reasons to live as there are people in the world. Maybe even more. So the reason for you being born, the reason you were put here in the world, I think it's something we have to find for ourselves. So we search within our hopes and dreams, our work, the people in our lives, in everything we do. And even if the reason you find is hazy or unclear, even if it's so tiny that you can hardly see it, the important thing is, is that you always have one. As long as I'm alive, that's what I want--to have a reason to go on. And you know, you can always find one, if you know where to look. The people in my life give me a reason for living ... I wanna live my life for the people that I care about. And someday, I hope I find someone who wants to live their life for me. So even when things are tough and it's hard to go on, it makes me want to try harder. Because, I'm not just living for me. I'm living for them, too."
~Tohru
"I'd like that too ... to find that special person I can share my life with ... and eat jelly buns! I wanna be able to say to someone, 'I was born to be with you.' And maybe they'll wanna say those words to me, too."
~Tohru
"Let's go home ... back to our house. I'm sorry, I'm such a fool. I don't know what to do. I'm afraid ... right now, Kyo, I'm afraid of you. But still ... I want us to stay together ... I do ... always. I want us to eat our meals together ... and study together and worry together. I wanna tell you the things that are on my mind ... and Kyo ... I wanna listen to you. And so, I want us to stay together."
~Tohru
"How is it that you can give me the words I needed to hear the most right now? How is it that somebody like you can be here by my side ... crying for me?"
~Kyo
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