"In this world perfection does not exist. That sounds like a cliche, but it's the truth. The average person admires perfection and seeks to obtain it. But what's the point of seeking perfection? There is none. Absolutely none. I despise perfection. If you obtain perfection, there's nothing left to achieve. No place for imagination, no way to gain additional knowledge or abilities."

Kurotsuchi Mayuri - Bleach 200 (anime) / 306 (manga)

"The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself."

Friedrich Nietzsche

"Don’t bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself".

William Faulkner

"If you make the effort, you get back what you put in."

Murakami Haruki - The Silence (The Elephant Vanishes)

"We're human, after all, and everybody's got something a little off somewhere."

Murakami Haruki - The fall of the Roman empire (The Elephant Vanishes)