- Soichiro Yagami: Kira is pure evil. We can all agree on that, but recently I've started thinking of this whole situation in a different way. What is truly evil is the power to kill people, and any person who has come to possess this kind of power is cursed. No matter how you use it, no true happiness can be obtained like that, not by killing other people.
- Light Yagami: [to himself] In all things, one cannot win with defense alone. To win... you must attack.
- L: [to Light] I don't sit like this because I want to. I have to sit like this. You see... if I were to sit normally, my deductive skills will immediately be reduced by roughly forty percent.
- Light Yagami: I never once felt cursed since I picked up the Death Note. In fact, that thought never even crossed my mind. I'm happier than I've ever been. All thanks to this power... I'm going to create a perfect world.
- Ryuk: Honestly, I couldn't care less with you feel cursed or happy to have a Note book. I'll leave that sentimental crap to you, humans. But normally, humans who come into contact with a Shinigami have nothing but misfortune.