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“I can't develop feelings. That's how most idiots screw up.”
“This world is rotten and those who are making it rot deserve to die. Someone has to do it, so why not me? Even if it means sacrificing my own mind and soul, it's worth it. Because the world... can't go on like this. I wonder... what if someone else had”
“L, do you know gods of death love apples?”
“Under normal circumstances, humans should have continued to evolve as the greatest creatures upon this earth, but we were actually regressing. A rotten world. Politics, law, education... Was there anybody around who could correct this world? But someone”
“I understood that killing people was a crime. There was no other way! The world had to be fixed! A purpose given to me! Only I could do it. Who else could have done it, and come this far? Would they have kept going? The only one who can create a new world”
“For murderers, there is no good or evil. I know that.”
“I have a mind of a genius and a strong sense of justice.”
“But you know the saying, "play with fire, and you'll get burned". I'll make you regret underestimating L...underestimating me.”
“I must protect my fledging Utopia.”
“In the end, L is indeed the greatest detective on earth...”
“No matter what the world is, the god of that world creates the rules. In truth, you have been defeated by the rules I created. And as punishment for defying the God of the new world, you will die...”
“I've never considered finding that notebook and gaining that power a misfortune.”
“I am Justice! I protect the innocent and those who fear evil. I'm the one that will become the god of a new world that every one desires!”
“Only I could do it! I was well aware that killing people is crime in itself! Yet at that point it was the only way to make things right! I thought to myself that someday people will come to realize this as much, and regard it as an act of justice! I had”
“This is the first time in my life that I've been provoked to hit a woman.”
“I will reign over a new world.”
“That's right, I am Kira. And what can you do? Kill me right here?”
“Our battle will be concluded, and I will begin my reign from the summit of victory!”
“It was the only way the world had to be fixed! A purpose, given to me!”
“I came to exterminate the vermin of this world!”
“I am the god of the new world!”
“I am the God placed here to save the weak and create a perfect world.”
“He was someone who deserved to die.”
“The world is rotten. The rotten people of the world are better off dead.”
“Evil begets only evil. The mean undertake their dirty work. The more they spread, the more the weak learn their ways. The rot sets in to each person. Eventually, you find yourself justifying to yourself that wrong is right.”
“I'm going to rid the world of all evil if it's the last thing I do. Given all the time in the world, it still wouldn't be enough.”
“Dexterity has nothing to do with it. It's about ability.”
“As the world changes, humans change with it. They become more kind.”
“I am the killer, and the new God of the New World. I am the way, the one who protects the natural order. This is fact. Now, I have become Justice! I am the hope of the world!”
“I don't want to be lumped in with the Gods of Death. I am just using the Notebook of Death for the sake of humanity.”
“This world can no longer be saved by the law.”
“Don't try and compare the killing of humans by other humans with the killing of humans by the Gods.”
“Humans have the right to seek out and pursue happiness. But for a certain group of rotten individuals, this right can easily be extinguished.”
“Humans, by their nature of being the most advanced forms of life on this globe, must continue to evolve. But, they have been in a state of devolution…”
“If I die at this point, I die without knowing the Truth. And so, it is better to run. I may even discover the truth during the act of running. No, I will grasp the truth with my own hands as I run.”