Studio Ghibli Quotes

“Many of my movies have strong female leads- brave, self-sufficient girls that don't think twice about fighting for what they believe with all their heart. They'll need a friend, or a supporter, but never a savior. Any woman is just as capable of being a hero as any man.”
― Hayao Miyazaki

“Once you do something, you never forget. Even if you can't remember.”
― Spirited Away, Reprise . . . Sheet Music

“Just follow your heart, and keep smiling.”
― Kiki’s Delivery Service

“Just follow your heart, and keep smiling.”
― Kiki’s Delivery Service (1989)

“Once you do something, you never forget. Even if you can't remember.”
― Spirited Away (2001)

“Ai is not a threat to artists; it's merely a reflection of your genius, a machine's attempt to copy your mastery. — Raigon Stanley”
― Raigon Stanley

“Like Seita and Setsuko, like Chihiro - like Sophie Hatter who disappears from her dreary life into a world of talking fireballs and melting wizards - the myth of grief is not just a case of falling down the rabbit hole to escape reality. It's about what happens to us on the descent, what happened once we're down there, and in which ways we are profoundly changed forever once we re-emerge - if, that is, we're lucky enough to do so. It is a different kind of myth: one which doesn't so much offer up the answers as it does provide a way to find them for ourselves. It is a maze - a labyrinth - in which we are sent to become lost before the possibility of escape is even contemplated. It is not quick - it is not easy. There is no map, no key, no legend, and no scale. There is only the maze itself and the quiet echoes of the world above. A shelter until the moment it becomes a prison, grief is the myth we live by when living feels impossible.”
― Karl Thomas Smith