Fruits Basket, Vol. 5 Quotes

“If everything you say gets laughed at...

then you become afraid of everyone...

and are no longer able to speak...

even knowing all that does is bother everyone...

Your heart...

....shuts down...

And your words die....”
― Natsuki Takaya, Fruits Basket, Vol. 5

“Shigure:"A summer home like this by the lake, you half expect JASON to show up!"
Yuki: "There he goes again..."
Kyo: (Thinking to himself) Jieison...Jaysun? Now where have I heard that before?
Shigure: "'Jason' is a new species of bear. You're so ignorant, Kyo-Kun."
Kyo: "SHUT UP! I KNEW THAT!!"
Hatori:"That's not it..."
Tohru:"Is it a foreign kind of bear?"
Hatori:"....”
― Natsuki Takaya, Fruits Basket, Vol. 5

“There was a time I stopped talking, just like you. My reasons were a little bit different, but... I think the feelings of being ashamed of myself and hating myself... are the same. Here it says "to like yourself." What does that mean? Good things---how are you supposed to find them? I only know things that I hate about myself. Because that's all I know: I hate myself. Even if your force yourself to find good things... it feels so empty. It doesn't work that way. People like your teacher just don't get it.
I think... when you hear someone say they like you for the first time... then you can begin to like yourself. I think when someone accepts you for the first time... you feel like you can forgive yourself a little. You can begin to face your fears.

~Yuki”
― Natsuki Takaya, Fruits Basket, Vol. 5

“Don't hate me. Tell me...everything' s okay. I was always so ashamed. I was ashamed of my weakness. But...I want you to say it. Just once...even if it's a lie. I know it will give me the courage...to try and become strong.”
― Natsuki Takaya, Fruits Basket, Vol. 5

“It's not that I've suddenly become stronger or that something has changed. I'm still shaking. But...we don't have to let those fears stop us. What's more important is that we try to rise above our weakness.”
― Natsuki Takaya, Fruits Basket, Vol. 5

“You should know that if you bombard someone with one-sided love then you are nothing but a burden to them and you will just end up hurting them in the end.”
― Natsuki Takaya, Fruits Basket, Vol. 5