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Quotes from Princess Tutu (TV, 2002) (by characters)
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Drosselmeyer
Drosselmeyer: You must never forget that Duck is a duck.
Drosselmeyer: Stories aren't always guaranteed a happily ever after.
Drosselmeyer: There's nothing more boring than a perfect heroine after all.
Drosselmeyer: If you're the knight, you have to conquer your fears and defeat the villain. If you're the villain, you have to kill the princess without mercy. If you're the princess, you have to save the prince with the power of your love. If you're the prince, you have to use your wisdom and courage... Whoops, that's not possible.
Drosselmeyer: What calm days. What peaceful days! But they won't continue forever, you know. That's what's so great about stories.
Drosselmeyer: You're trying to be responsible about writing, aren't you? That's why you can't write. When you write stories, you should do it more freely and irresponsibly, just following your own feelings.
Duck
Duck: Wow, what beautiful eyes. I feel like I'll get drawn in. But they look so lonely.
Duck: If I can be a girl and stay by Senior Mytho's side... Then, someday... Someday, I may be able to put a smile back on his face.
Duck: I'm not playing hooky. I'm just taking a break. I'm allowed to do that.
Duck: When I'm Princess Tutu, I can dance any dance I want to. But is that me? Or someone else?
Duck: With dancing, the more you practice, the more it becomes fun!
Duck: We've been walking together and talking all this time, so we're already friends.
To Rue.
Duck: I'm a duck. I'm really only a bird. But what the prince sees is Princess Tutu in her beautiful dress. It's not me.
Duck: There are some things that just don't change after a night's sleep.
Duck: If Fakir journeys down the path he believes in, I think he won't regret it, no matter what the outcome. Why not have faith in Fakir?
Duck: Fakir is always thinking by himself, deciding by himself, fighting by himself... By himself... Crying by himself...
Duck: Fakir is strong. Even if he's not carrying a sword, Fakir is Mytho's knight.
Duck: I thought I was doing my best for Mytho's sake, but... Was it for my own sake?
Duck: I won't decide I can't do anything without ever even trying. Because I'm the one who's going to make my story!
Edel
Edel: May those who accept their fate be granted happiness. May those who defy their fate be granted glory.
Edel: Truth is a shy little thing. If you approach it, it will hide. Truth is a lonesome little thing. If you move away from it, it will give chase.
Edel: A flame can illuminate the darkness. But without the darkness, its glow cannot even be seen.
Edel: Are you afraid of the dark? I see that you are in the darkness of uncertainty. But if you wish to shine for someone, you must not fear the darkness.
Edel: Between a person who continues to dream and a person who's awoken from a dream, who is happier?
Edel: The name of this gem is "love." If you like it so much, I shall give it to you. ... However, though this gem is strong, it is easily scarred, though it is beautiful, it is easily tarnished, and if it is fought over, it may sometimes lead to death. Please be very careful in handling it.
Fakir
Fakir: I... Will not succumb to such a miserable fate! I'll change it!
Fakir: Mytho is changing. Into a Mytho I don't know.
Fakir: She couldn't be drowning in there, could she? Can ducks drown? No, knowing her, it's possible.
Fakir: The real you is a duck. The real me... In the end, the real me has done nothing but be protected ever since I was a kid. I can't protect anyone.
Femio
Femio: No word is more unsuited to me than "fear." Well, if there were just one thing I feared... I suppose it would be my own beauty.
Hermia
Hermia: Love is a wonderful thing, but it also makes people suffer and be sad, right? So everyone has a hard time saying "I love you," and they're all keeping their feelings inside.
Lilie
Lilie: Your failures are what make you Duck, so don't let it bother you.
To Duck.
Lilie: I just happened to be following Pike, and I just happened to see her meet up with the wonderful Mytho, and then when I just happened to keep following them, they went off to a place where there was absolutely nobody around. Well? Want to just happen to go see?
Mr. Cat
Mr. Cat: All right, quiet now. If you do not quiet down, I will have you marry me.
To the students.
Mr. Cat: Students of mine are getting married before me! There is no happier thing for a teacher than this!
Mr. Cat: Lately, you are even more lacking in concentration than you were before. It almost seems as though you have lost your eagerness. Is it possible you that have decided you cannot do anything, and so you are not trying to move forward?
Mr. Cat: Everybody has times when they feel as if they will never be able to reach their dream. But deciding there is no way you can do something is nothing more than a way of comforting yourself when you lack motivation.
Mytho
Mytho: When I'm alone, it's so dark and so cold.
Mytho: Even if it hurts, when I think of you, I can feel a small light coming to life in my heart. If you disappear, I feel like that light will be extinguished and vanish. I'm afraid of that.
Mytho: When you've ripped out my heart, kiss it for me and dye your lips red with my blood.
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