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These quotes were taken straight from the show and they are very original.

 Hajime Saito  


"A shinsengumi will always be a shinsengumi, 
a lone wolf will always be a lone wolf, 
the same way an assassin will always remain an assassin, right Battousai?"

"You can tame a dog with food, 
you can tame a person with money, 
but nothing can tame a miburo (wolf of Mibu)."

"You've killed ninety-nine people, but the hundredth was yourself."

"A man who can't uphold his beliefs is pathetic dead or alive."

"Is somewhere you can run that's even safer than Shanghai. That place called hell." 


 Kenshin Himura 


"No. A sword is a weapon. Swordsmanship is the art of killing. 
Whatever pretty words you use to speak of it, this is its true nature. 
What Miss Kaoru says are the words of one who has never dirtied her hands. 
An idealistic joke." 


"We didn't fight for the power and glory of the government. 
It was to protect and build a world where people can pursue happiness. 
If we forget that, what did we fight the war for?" 


"The dead don't desire revenge, but the happiness of the livng. 
To dirty your small hands would bring joy to no one."

"It's unfortunate, but for you this is utterly impossible. 
Swords cannot make an era. For this you need people."

"Nothing is stronger than the will to live."

"You can always die. It's living that takes real courage."


 Sanosuke Sagara 


"Would you stop calling me a brute?! I've got a name and it's a damn good one too."

"I kept holding grudges until I couldn't hold anymore... 
All because of the death of someone I looked up to!! 
If I hadn't met Kenshin I would have never figured things out. 
I would have been a man full of hate, who held a ton of resentment." 

"If I had to treat every little scratch I got, I'd never get out during the day!"

"Love and selfishness kinda go hand in hand, don't they?" 

"Stop kidding yourself! Miracles, destiny. The only thing that can save your 
life isn't a miracle, and it isn't God, it's you. The will to live, to 
experience life to the fullest, and the support of your friends. Those are 
the kind of miracles life gives you." 


 Yahiko Myojin 

"I¡¯m still a beginner, but I can improve myself! 
I can put an end to my doubts and move forward, 
even just a little! That way, I can improve myself one step at a time!"

"Kaoru in a cooking school?! Is the world ending or something?"

"Don't get all weird on me again!" to Kaoru 

"You want me to run? You've got to be kidding... I'm gonna keep my promise to Kenshin. 
No matter WHAT."

"Hiten Mitsurugi Style!! ...or close to it anyway!! Ryu Tsui Sen!"

"Are you saying you've given me wimpy training and I'm incapable of doing 
anything without someone holding my hand? Don't you even believe in your own students?"