This series is too awesome that I am unable to count how many times I've watched it over and over. It tugs at my heartstrings every time and makes me bawl buckets. So I've compiled my favourite quotes from Honey and Clover below.
Mayama: Sometimes I wonder, how long can you remember a voice? You become worried, and replay it in your head over and over again, saying to yourself, “I can remember it, I can still remember it.”
But what if I could never meet her again? Will her figure be the only thing that remains until the very end? Or will it be her voice?
Mayama: I wanted to see her. I couldn’t say anything to her, I only wanted to see her. So I struggled tremendously and desperately. Even so, I only learned something small: that this pain, which tears my heart apart just thinking about it, is enough reason for me not to distance myself from her.
Tange-sensei: Hey, Hanamoto-kun, being a teacher isn’t really that great. No matter how much you care for a student, they all eventually graduate. Once they graduate, who knows how many years pass until you see them again. If things don’t go right, you might never see them again. I wonder if teachers are like those school ghosts who can’t even graduate? Don’t you think so?
Takemoto: What kind of response did I want from her? Her response wasn't that of a delicate girl in love. It was more straightforward, more powerful and clearer. I'd rather have her bawl like usual and say that she wants him to come back soon.
Takemoto: “I’ve been wondering all this time, whether there’s any meaning to a failed love. Is it something that will disappear, like something that never existed? But now I now there is —There was a meaning right here.. Because despite the heartbreak, I’m still glad that I fell in love with you.”
Takemoto: When I was little, I didn’t understand why ferris wheels existed. They were sluggish and got me bored with it after only one ride. The roller coaster and the loop slider… I only paid attention to the thrilling rides. But… I kind of understand now. Ferris wheels are for slowly cutting across the sky with the person you like and maybe saying things like, “Isn’t this a little scary?”
Takemoto: In about ten years, we’ll be as old as our Professor. What kind of adults will we be when we’re in our thirties? Even though it might still seem far from now, today is connected to tomorrow, and tomorrow is connected to that day in the future. We’ll all become adults someday, and people won’t even think that we were also kids once. Such a day will come for all of us.
Takemoto: Isn't it strange that just a few years ago, we didn't even know what each other looked like? But now we all spend time together like it's a matter of fact, watch the sunset together and say things like, "isn't this beautiful?”
But still, the sunset I see as I stand next to you, is so beautiful that it aches my heart.
Yamada: I wonder how you're suppose to give up… Do I just decide to give up and act accordingly? And move further and further away from what my heart really wants? Then will I forget everything one day?.. Everything including the pain in my heart? Everything? Without a trace as if nothing was there to begin with?
Yamada: I put my hopes in it that maybe I could turn your heart just a little. Why do I end up dreaming over and over again without getting tired of it as if that's all I know.
Yamada: I was rejected, but I can't stop liking him that easily. Feelings like these don't just slip away and disappear simply because I can't date him.
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