Black Butler quotes

Death is like being born, but backwards. It only hurts for a little while, then a new life begins. A life with no sorrow, no pain, a glorious new beginning. A beginning that will last an eternity.

I prefer to have my nightmares with open eyes.

However far I fall as long as there's so much as a thread left I will use it to climb. I'll take hold of it. I refuse to give up while I'm still human I can do that much. But every person must decide on his own whether to grab it.

To hate something that you used to love is such a painful feeling.

I have long forgotten how to laugh as if I were having fun.

Love means money these days.

Those bound by superficial rules who do not use their pawns to the utmost are fools.

We have no need for the past. All we need are the present and the future.

If we are to die one day, wouldn't it be better to have no regrets?

If you stick to a "lie", it'll eventually become the "truth".

Only two kinds of people exist in this world, those who steal and those who are stolen from.

I am not so noble that I would stake my life for someone else. Nor am I so forgiving that I would sit by and allow someone to trample me. I am selfish... and self righteous human being! That's why! I... to clear my own shame... I used your power. Not for anyone else! But for myself!

Is there truly any human who is not arrogant?

After all, justice in this world is just a bunch of principles, made by those with power to suit themselves.

Moping around with sadness and sorrow... what will come of it? Even dead people can do that. However, I'll live and stand on my own two legs. If we are going to die one day, wouldn't it be better to have no regrets?

You should keep your distance from me if you want to live. My place is in the shadows, yours in the light. We walk opposite paths, Aberline. It's best that you remember that.

We as humans have the power to do such, but whether we grab on to the thread or not is a choice we make.

Yes, Children can be quite demanding about their games.

Pain tends to heal as time passes, but personally, I don't want time to heal my wounds. You may think you've escaped the pain and forgotten it, but that's nothing more than stagnation. You can't move forward without the pain.

Unfortunately, in reality there is no situation where one can win merely by following the rules. There will be knights that break the rules, and even chess pieces that betray him.

I'm afraid when something is truly lost, one can never get it back again.

I was born to end up alone.

You can only disgrace the dead so much.

Forget about revenge, and live on.

Sebastian, you know what to do.

You give up your future, lose your dream, are stained with despair... yet at the same time, you shake off you past, fight reality, and never lose your nobility.

Humans cannot reject temptation. When they are plunged into the depths of despair, likened to hell, they will hold on to anything that may help them escape from the situation they are in, even if it's merely a spider's thread, no matter what sort of humans they are.

Humans are easily tempted. When they are poised on the edge of hellish despair, and a spider-thin thread of salvation presents itself, they will invariably grasp it. No matter the human.

<About Ciel> He turns his back towards the light without hesitation. That figure that charges into the abyss at a dignified pace. How beautiful and foolish.

Hatred and sorrow are power; they are yours to control. All you have to do is turn them into strength, and use that strength to move forward.

Always skillfully manipulate your pieces, that's how you survive. Use me and madam red, any piece within your reach. Even if the bodies of your pawns pile up in front of your thrown. Because if the king falls - this game is over.

If you are still determined to take your own life, please do so outside... *To Grell*

He made three requests. That I protect him and never betray him until he obtains his revenge. That I obey his orders unconditionally. And that I would never lie... to him.

To Grell Sutcliff: Then, it's fine if you don't be careful on your way home. Rather, I'd prefer you walk through dangerous roads with your eyes closed.

Honestly, how meaningless.. For something called love, which has neither meaning nor form. Laughable, isn't it?

Wanting to be loved, for that sole obstinate reason, people can even go this far.

How sad it would be if laughter should disappear.

Life isn't that sweet. That's why everyone wants sweet things.

Wasted effort is one of the privileges of the youth.

Poetry over philosophy. Embroidery rather than cooking. Dance instead of chess. Be an unknowing angel. Every girl born in the country of roses is raised by these three words.

Weak in order to love, strong in order to protect, both in order to stay at your side.

Can a world this interesting actually be reality?

Between being eternally unable to wake from a dream, and being eternally unable to dream, which do you think would be more unfortunate? Still, both the dream that we deemed eternal, and this very reality, are destined to end someday.

I have a dream at last. The butterfly trapped in spiderweb has no wings. That butterfly is... me.

Love is a magnificent thing but, incidentally, it can also give birth to dreadful tragedy.

Look what happens when you're not fast enough! You get CUT! It's more fun when it hurts a little bit though, isn't it?

I was born alone in this world and alone I will die. If this is my fate, why are tears coming out of my eyes?

Ciel, how are you?