Madoka Kaname quotes from Puella Magi Madoka Magica

Madoka Kaname

Homura, I am sorry...but I...wanna be a magical girl.

Homura Akemi

Madoka...don't do it...

Madoka

I finally figured out what I want to wish for. I know what I want now more than anything else. And I'm ready to trade my life for it with no regrets.

Homura

But you can't! If you do then...everything I fought for...it's all for nothing! [Begins to cry. Madoka walks over to her to comfort her.]

Madoka

I'm sorry. I'm so sorry. You've been protecting me for a long time...and I'll never forget that. I know you're the reason that I'm the person I am today. I'm so sorry. I really want this; it's the answer I've been looking for. I swear. I promise I won't let your efforts be in vain. Believe me, Homura.

Homura

Madoka... [Madoka leaves Homura and faces Kyubey.]

Kyubey

You (Madoka) are the center of karmic destiny from many different timelines, so no matter how enormous your wish it most definitely will come true.

Madoka

You sure it will?

Kyubey

Of course. Madoka Kaname, what is the wish which you would trade your soul for?

Madoka

I wish...[Pause. Madoka inhales and exhales.] I wish I had the power to erase witches before they are born! Every single witch; from the past, present, and future! Everywhere! [Madoka's chest begins to glow to form her Soul Gem.]

Kyubey

That wish! Once it's granted, it will unravel the fabric of time itself! It violates the laws of karmic destiny! Are you trying to become a god?!

Madoka

I don't care what I become. All the magical girls who believed in hope and fought witches...I don't want them to suffer or cry anymore. I want them to be at peace. And if that goes against the laws of the universe, then I'll just rewrite those laws. That's the only thing I want. It's what I wish for. Now, grant my wish, Incubator!

Mami Tomoe

Madoka, do you realize how scary that wish you made was?

Madoka

Sort of.

Mami

You'll be fighting an endless battle; one that stretches from the past to the future for all eternity. You'll never be the same. You won't be able to exist as a physical entity anymore. Dying would be a kinder fate. For the rest of time, you'll live on as an entity whose sole purpose is to destroy witches.

Madoka

I know, and I'm ready. If someone ever tells me it's a mistake to have hope, well then I'll just tell them they're wrong and I'll keep telling them until they believe; no matter how many times it takes.

Kyoko Sakura

Sounds good to me. If you think you can do it, do it. I mean, you found your reason to fight, yeah? And you ain't running away anymore, right? So, there's nothing holding you back! Anyway, it's time to get your ass in gear and go full steam ahead!

Madoka

[Chuckles] Thanks a lot, Kyoko.

Mami

If that's what you really want, it's time you got this back. [Hands Madoka her notebook containing her costume sketches.] Here you go. [Madoka giggles and takes the notebook.] You're not just giving us back our hope, but you're becoming hope itself; the hope of magical girls everywhere.