40 Gaara Quotes on Loneliness, Pain, and Understanding

1. “A soul needs a purpose to live and so I concluded that my purpose was to kill everyone besides myself. I felt alive.”

2. “Naruto, just so you know, there will be a war to protect the Eight-tails and Nine-tails. In other words, you.”

3. “He knew pain like I did, and then he taught me that you can change your path.”

4. “If love is just a word, then why does it so much if you realize it isn’t there?”

5. “We have walked through the darkness of this world, that’s why we are able to see even a sliver of light.”

5. “It’s too bad I don’t think of you as anything. If you get in my way, I’ll kill you.”

7. “Perhaps the companionship of an evil person is preferable to loneliness.”

8. “Family? Let me tell you what kind of link I have with them. They are just lumps of meat linked by hatred and murderous intent!”

9. “Peace under an illusion is not true peace. It’s only meaningful if the real world manages to accomplish it.”

10. “I want to be needed. This is what I’ve learned from meeting and fighting Uzumaki Naruto.”

11. “In order to escape a road of solitude, one has to work hard and forge a new path with their own power.”

12. “One day, I’d like to become something precious to others.”

13. “For the sake of the ninja world and as the Kazekage, I will guard you with my life.”

14. “I think of you as a friend. I used to think ‘friend’ was just another word—nothing more, nothing less. But when I met you, I realized what was important was the word’s meaning.”

15. “Now there’s something I understand a little better—hate, sadness, even joy.”

16. “People cannot win against their loneliness.”

17. “Up until now, my bonds with others have only been ones of hatred and murder, but seeing him fight so hard made me wonder what a bond really is.”

18. “Just because someone is important to you, it doesn’t necessarily mean that that person is good.”

19. “You’re the same then. When you of your idol under scrutiny, you become enraged as if it were your own honor being questioned. The more precious your idol is to you, the harder you fight for him.”

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20. “You can make a rain of 1,000 needles. I will make it rain blood.”

21. “There are no enemies here because we’ve all suffered at Akatsuki’s hand! So there is no Suna, no Iwa, no Konoha, no Kiri, and no Kumo! There are only shinobi!”

22. “What does pain feel like?”

23. “You have as I do—the eyes filled with hatred and death that long for strength, just like mine.”

24. “I finally understand. I’m alone. I won’t believe in anyone or love anyone. I’m alone.”

25. “I am a relic they want to get rid of, so why do I exist and live?”

26. “I took the life of the woman I was supposed to call in the process of being born. In order to become the world’s strongest shinobi, I became the incarnation of sand.”

27. “Your eyes tell me how badly you wish to kill the one who put you through the hell called loneliness.”

28. “I shall kill you. I will not cease to exist.”

29. “We’ve fought world wars for our own nations, our own villages. We’ve hurt one another. We’ve hated one another. That hatred bred a lust for power, and that lust for power created me.”

30. “He was the one who taught me to deepen my bond with my people.”

31. “If all other people exist to magnify that love, then there is no more a splendid universe than this one.”

32. “Thanks to him, I was able to regain my true self.”

33. “I would love only myself and fight for only myself.”

34. “If you’re truly prepared to take up the mantle of a Kage, then as Sasuke’s friend, you know what you have to do.”

35. “This is where it all starts for me. Starting with this small bond. I too want to become someone who is needed, instead of a weapon that is feared.”

36. “That village has him—the one who cherishes a friend’s bond more than anyone I know. Naruto Uzumaki—knowing him and the friends he holds so dear, they will overcome this disaster and grow even stronger from it.”

37. “I know him well. He takes too many risks when it comes to his friends. That’s why.”