I'M NOT SHORT!!!!! ~Edward Elric

- Hiromu Arakawa

A lesson without pain is meaningless. For you cannot gain something without sacrificing something in return.

- Hiromu Arakawa

Enduring and forgiving are two different things. You must not forgive the cruelty of this world. It's our duty as human beings to be angry at injusti…

- Hiromu Arakawa

What, exactly, is the happiness that can be earned by turning away from reality?

- Hiromu Arakawa

There's no such thing as a painless lesson. They just don't exist. Sacrifices are necessary. You can't gain anything without losing something first a…

- Hiromu Arakawa

I draw manga, therefore I am!

- Hiromu Arakawa

It's a cruel and random world, but the chaos is all so beautiful.

- Hiromu Arakawa

In researching this volume, I interviewed veterans who had been at the front during World War II. I read countless books, examined film footage, and …

- Hiromu Arakawa

Nothing's perfect, the world's not perfect. But it's there for us, trying the best it can; that's what makes it so damn beautiful.

- Hiromu Arakawa