31 Best Gaara quotes from Naruto Shippuden

1-“If love is just a word, then why does it hurt so much if you realize it isn’t there? ” – Gaara

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

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

4-“A soul needs a purpose to live…and so I concluded that my purpose was to kill everyone besides myself. I felt alive… ” – Gaara

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

6-“I want to be needed, this is what I’ve learned from meeting and fighting Uzumaki Naruto. ” – Gaara

7-“Now there’s something I understand a little better. Hate, sadness, even joy. To be able to share it with another person… Naruto Uzumaki. From fighting him I learned that. He knew pain like I did and then he taught me that you can change your path. I wish that one day I can be needed by someone. Not as a frightening weapon… But as the sand’s Kazekage. ” – Gaara

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! ” – Gaara

9-“Naruto… Just so you know, there will be a war to protect the Eight-Tails and Nine-Tails. In other words – you. For the sake of the ninja world and as the Kazekage, I will guard you with my life. If as a member of Akatsuki, Sasuke Uchiha stands in the way of the ninja coalition… I will show him no mercy. ” – Gaara

10-“One day I’d like to become something precious to others. ” – Gaara

11-“People cannot win against their loneliness. ” – Gaara

12-to Naruto: “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. ” – Gaara

13-“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. I think I understand a little now. Suffering, sadness…and joy. To be able to share it with another person. Naruto Uzumaki…when I fought him, I feel that is what he taught me. ” – Gaara

14-“Perhaps the companionship of an evil person is preferable to loneliness. ” – Gaara

15-“Just because someone is important to you, it doesn’t necessarily mean that, that person is good. Even if you knew that person was evil… People cannot win against their loneliness. ” – Gaara

16-“You’re the same then. When you feel the honor 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. ” – Gaara

17-“It’s too bad I don’t think of you as anything. If you get in my way… I’ll kill you. ” – Gaara

18-“You can make a rain of 1,000 needles. I will make it rain blood. ” – Gaara

19-“He was the one who taught me to deepen my bond with my people. Thanks to him, I was able to regain my true self. 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. ” – Gaara

20-“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”! ” – Gaara

21-“I am a relic they want to get rid of, so why do I exist and live? In order to exist you need a purpose, to exist for no reason is the same as being dead… I would love only myself and fight for only myself. If all other people exist to magnify that love, then there is no more a splendid universe than this one… ” – Gaara

22-“I finally understand… I’m alone. I won’t believe in anyone, or love anyone. I’m alone. ” – Gaara

23-“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. And as the Kazekage of Sunagakure. ” – Gaara

24-“I fight for my sake only and live to love no one but myself. ” – Gaara

25-“I know him well. He takes too many risks when it comes to his friends…that’s why. ” – Gaara

26-to Sasuke: “You have the same eyes as I do…the eyes, filled with hatred and death, that long for strength… Just like mine. Your eyes tell me how badly you wish to kill the one who put you through the hell called loneliness. ” – Gaara

27-to Naruto: “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. ” – Gaara

28-“What does pain feel like? ” – Gaara

29-“I took the life of the woman I was supposed to call mother in the process of being born… in order to become the world’s strongest shinobi… I became the incarnation of sand… ” – Gaara

30-I shall kill you. I will not cease to exist. ” – Gaara

31-“Three times now… 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. I was a Jinchuuriki, the embodiment of hatred and power. And I hated this world, and all the people in it… I wanted to destroy it with my own hands. The exact same thing Akatsuki is trying to do today. But one man, one ninja from Konoha stopped me. I was his enemy, yet he wept for me! I hurt him, yet he called me his friend! He saved me! My enemy, my fellow Jinchuuriki… He suffered the same pain as me, yet bore no ill will! There are no enemies here because we’ve all suffered at Akatsuki’s hand! SO THERE IS NO SAND, NO STONE, NO LEAF, NO MIST, NO CLOUD! THERE ARE ONLY SHINOBI! And if you still hold a grudge against the Sand, then when this war is over, come and take my head instead! Our enemies are after the friend who saved my life! If they take him, if we hand him over, our world is finished! I want to protect him, and I want to protect our world! But I’m too young to protect it all on my own! All of you lend me your aid! ” – Gaara