ooo thank you for the ask!!! i probably have a few but this one sticks out to me the most:

“Love is like a seed,” Hanasaki said, stepping forward to press the packet into his hand. “It needs to be nurtured in order to bloom. […] And even if it does, it isn’t guaranteed to survive. When that happens we have to remove its roots and start again. But that doesn’t mean we forget the flower we lovingly cared for,” Hanasaki continued to say, turning around and offering Akira his bouquet again, “or how beautiful it was while it lasted.”

-only fools rush in, chapter 4