- "don't worry, madoka. if she tries to do anything, i'll punch her lights out!"
- "i guess we're just idiots. blissfully ignorant idiots. having a wish you'd trade your life for shouldn't be all that uncommon. i'm sure a lot of people in the world have a wish like that. so if we can't think of anything, then it must mean we haven't faced much misfortune. living such a sheltered life has made us ignorant. but why us... of all people? don't you think it's unfair? i'm sure there are other people who'd give anything for a chance like this."
- "hey, mami-san, does your wish have to be for yourself? like hypothetically... hypothetically, all right? say there was someone worse off than me. could i use my wish for them?"
- "why did it have to be kyosuke? my fingers work perfectly, but what good are they? why couldn't it have been me instead of kyosuke?"
- "if i used my wish to heal his body, what would he think about that? would he just thank me? nothing more? maybe i just want him to say something else. i'm such a horrible person."
- "that transfer student is the same as kyoko! they only think about themselves! but i understand that now. mami-san was an exception. all the other magical girls are like those two!"
- "that familiar from last night might've been small, but it could still kill someone! and who knows, its next target could even be your parents! maybe even takkun! can you still say you don't care? can you forgive someone if they just let that happen?"
- "i'm not just fighting against witches. i wanted this power to fight to protect the people i care about. that's why i'll fight anyone worse than the witches. even if that person is another magical girl."
- "i had the wrong idea about you. i'm sorry for that. i really am. but i don't regret having used my wish for someone else. i've decided never to regret my actions, so as to not cheapen the feelings i cherish. never again. i don't believe i paid too high a price. i can do wonderful things with this power, if i use it right."
- "why are you... why are you so kind to me? i don't deserve it. today, i almost regretted what i'd done. for just a moment, i wondered what would have happened if i hadn't saved hitomi. some hero i turned out to be. mami-san would be ashamed to have known me."
- "it's true! if i just detach myself... it doesn't hurt at all!!"
- "and what would help me? now that i've been turned into this thing, how can anything help me? i'm just a rock that's good for nothing but hunting witches. i just pretend to be alive by dragging my own corpse along on strings. what could anyone do to help a rock like me? there's no point even thinking about it."
- "why don't you fight them, then? kyubey told me. you've got more talent than anyone else, right? you could easily beat witches without struggling like i do, right? if you want to do something for me, why don't you try and do what i've done? but you can't. of course not. you can't just give up your humanity out of pity. you could be all-powerful, but you just sit here and watch me suffer instead. don't act like you know how i feel from the sidelines."
- "i'm such an idiot! how could i say that to her?! i'm beyond help now!"
- "i won't be like the rest of you magical girls. that's what i've decided. i won't associate with people who use or abandon others. i don't need any reward for my work. i'll never use magic for my own benefit."
- "you're going to die." "only when i can no longer kill any more witches. and then i wouldn't be any use anyway, right? that's fine. someone like me has no other place in this world."
- "that woman probably loves you and tries her hardest to make you happy. you knew that, right? and yet you're comparing her to a dog? are you not even going to thank her? you're just going to get rid of her when she's no longer useful? i wonder if this world is even worth fighting for. what have i been fighting for? tell me. tell me right this second. if you don't, i'll..."
- "i'm sorry for wasting your time." "huh? that doesn't sound like you." "yeah. that's because i don't really care anymore. i can't even remember what i thought was so important, so worth protecting... none of it makes sense anymore."
- "the balance of hope and despair in the world cancels out to zero. you told me that once, didn't you? now i finally understand what you meant. sure, i managed to save a few people, but in exchange, hatred and jealousy filled my heart. i even hurt my best friend. whenever we pray for someone's happiness, someone else must be cursed in exchange. turns out that's how we magical girls work. i really was an idiot."
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