Haruka Nanase/Quotes


 * "The water is alive. Once you dive in, it will immediately bare its fangs and attack. But, there's nothing to fear. Don't resist the water. Thrust your fingers into the surface and carve an opening. Then you slide your body through that opening. Moving your arms, your head, your chest..."
 * (To Rin Matsuoka) "I don't care about my time."
 * (To Rin) "I only swim freestyle."
 * "All I want is to feel the water. With my skin, my eyes, my soul... To never doubt what it makes me feel. Believe in myself. Don't resist the water. Welcome it. We accept one another."
 * "There's an old saying my late grandma taught me. When you're ten, they call you a prodigy. When you're fifteen, they call you a genius. Once you hit twenty, you're just an ordinary person. About three years until I'm ordinary. Man... I can't wait to be ordinary."
 * (To Makoto) "I don't want to get oil on my swimsuit."
 * "I'm used to being mistaken for a girl."
 * (About Miho Amakata) "We're supposed to be learning from a woman who became a teacher as plan B? I want to go home."
 * (To Nagisa Hazuki) "I quit swimming competitively."
 * (To Rin) "I want you to show me that sight again. I've forgotten what it was that I saw."
 * "Another three years until I become an ordinary person. I guess it couldn't hurt to wait a little longer..."
 * "I've seen this before. This sensation... I get it now. This is what I wanted. No need to rely on or work with other people. I just want to drift through the water alone in silence."
 * "My late grandma used to say that you sneeze when someone else is talking about you."
 * (To Makoto, about swimming in the pool in April)"I'm not a baby that gets sick from swimmi-"
 * (Telling his love story) "When I was in grade school, my parents took me to climb a mountain nearby. That was where I had my fateful encounter. I couldn't look away. That intensely beautiful, positively vibrant, sparkling and pristine... waterfall."
 * (Flashback when he rejected Rin's offer to enter a relay) "I said that I only swim free, so don't include me in your relay!"
 * (To Rei Ryugazaki, when explaining about their past with Rin) "We won the medley relay, and Rin went to Australia. He said that he would show me a sight I'd never seen before, and after we won the relay, I felt like I really did see it."
 * "I don't understand either. But... For some reason, I'm looking forward to racing Rin again."
 * (To Nagisa, before visiting Rei) "Are you sure it was something he ate? Or was it what I said yesterday that's bothering him?"
 * (To Rei) "Rei, did you really go see Rin? Was it because I told you about our past?"
 * (To Rei) "The four of us are a team now, Rei."
 * (To Rei, during practice) "Rei, come on. Let's practice our exchange."
 * (Referring to his drawing of Iwatobi-chan on the banner) "That drawing... I didn't think it'd be used for this."
 * (To Makoto) "Makoto. I appreciate you being here for me. Thanks."
 * (To Nagisa, the night before the tournament) "It's all thanks to you. You're the one who came up with the idea of starting a swim club. I never thought I'd be swimming in a relay again. Thanks, Nagisa."
 * (Upon hearing that Rin's quitting swimming) "I won't get to swim with Rin again?"
 * (To Rei, when asked who he wanted to swim with) "I want to swim with Rin!"
 * (To Rin) "I know! How fun it is to swim with friends...How good it feels to swim in a relay together... You were the one who taught me that, Rin! You're the reason I..."
 * (To Rin, when trying to calm Rin down) "I understand now! I found the answer! Why is it I swim, who I'm swimming for!"
 * (To Rin) "This tree looks like the cherry blossom tree that was in the schoolyard. Isn't that why you're here?"
 * (To Rin, asking him to join the relay) "Rin, come. It's my turn to show you a sight you've never seen before."
 * (To Makoto, Nagisa, and Rei, about next year's tournament) "Don't worry. We'll be back."
 * (To Rin) "Rin. I've found it, too."
 * (To Ikuya Kirishima) "I promise."
 * (To Ikuya) "You have to stop thinking you can go through life alone... Because you're not alone."
 * (To Ikuya) "I told you I'd keep my promise."
 * (To Makoto) "Makoto is Makoto!"
 * (To Makoto) "You're changing your own/ Looking at you just hurts"
 * (To Makoto) "Why are you forcing yourself to change?"


 * "Bring it on, world!"