49 ‘Black Butler’ Quotes: Access Your Inner Vengeance

Ciel Phantomhive, with a demon by his side, is intent on revenge and will do anything to get it. Read the 49 quotes below to explore this fascinating anime.

"Black Butler" is an anime based on a manga. It follows "The Queen's Guard Dog," or Ciel Phantomhive, along with Sebastian Michaelis, his servant and a demon who carries out tasks for the queen. Phantomhive is unafraid to cross moral lines to fulfill his duties.

The Michaelis, a demon and butler, made a pact with Phantomhive in the past where this guard gave up his soul so that Michaelis could help him seek vengeance based on a dark past. Read the 49 quotes below from the anime's many characters to learn more.

Vincent Phantomhive’s quote: "Love is a magnificent thing, but, incidentally, it can also give birth to dreadful tragedy." | Image: AmoDays

Vincent Phantomhive Quotes

"There is nothing shameful about being different from others. This is your character! Ann's red hair is really beautiful, just like the color of red spider lilies in their full bloom. Red really suits you. You should have more confidence in yourself." — Vincent Phantomhive

"Love is a magnificent thing, but, incidentally, it can also give birth to dreadful tragedy." — Vincent Phantomhive

Alois Trancy Quotes

"They should all die! All of them! Everything, annihilated!" — Alois Trancy

"Hannah, don't you think a sunny-side-up egg is pitiable? Its shell is broken, and it's forced to publicly show an indecorous appearance." — Alois Trancy

"How does my blood smell? Do you want to devour me now?" — Alois Trancy

Alois Trancy’s quote: "I have a dream at last. The butterfly trapped in a spiderweb has no wings. That butterfly is… me.” | Image: AmoDays

"My heart was entwined in a spider web. You'll always be, my Highness. I wanted your love." — Alois Trancy

"Once drowned in the depths of darkness, you lose sight of light. When that light has dispersed, there is no return. Myd out long ago, and so there's nothing back for me to go back or look forward to. I shall continue to indulge myself in this darkness until it completely consumes me, then I will be nothing but an empty course left on this cold & cruel world to rot." — Alois Trancy

"I have a dream at last. The butterfly trapped in a spiderweb has no wings. That butterfly is… me." — Alois Trancy

Ciel Phantomhive Quotes

"Make it hurt. Carve the pain of my life into my soul." — Ciel Phantomhive

Alois Trancy’s quote: "My heart was entwined in a spider web. You’ll always be, my Highness. I wanted your love." | Image: AmoDays

"I prefer to have my nightmares with open eyes." — Ciel Phantomhive

"If we are to die one day, wouldn't it be better to have no regrets?" — Ciel Phantomhive

"We as humans have the power to do such, but whether we grab on to the thread or not is a choice we make." — Ciel Phantomhive

"To hate something that you used to love is such a painful feeling." — Ciel Phantomhive

"I'm afraid when something is truly lost; one can never get it back again." — Ciel Phantomhive

Ciel Phantomhive’s quote: "Only two kinds of people exist in this world, those who steal and those who are stolen from.” | Image: AmoDays

"Besides, I'm free to be with whoever I want. No one has the right to say anything about it." — Ciel Phantomhive

"If you stick to a 'lie,' it'll eventually become the 'truth.'" — Ciel Phantomhive

"Only two kinds of people exist in this world, those who steal and those who are stolen from." — Ciel Phantomhive

"I'm afraid when something is truly lost, one can never get it back again." — Ciel Phantomhive

Grell Sutcliff Quotes

Grell Sutcliff’s quote: "Look what happens when you're not fast enough! You get cut! It's more fun when it hurts a little bit, though, isn't it?" | Image: AmoDays

"I'm going to use the heels of my shoes to step on this cold, uncaring face of yours! I want you to lick my shoes clean!" — Grell Sutcliff

"Ah, I can finally appear before you in my real form! Because isn't it embarrassing to appear before a handsome guy without makeup?" — Grell Sutcliff

"Look what happens when you're not fast enough! You get cut! It's more fun when it hurts a little bit, though, isn't it?" — Grell Sutcliff

Elizabeth Midford Quotes

"I'm fine with not being cute...if it means I can protect you!!" — Elizabeth Midford

"Poetry over philosophy. Embroidery rather than cooking. Dance instead of chess. Be an unknowing angel. Every girl born in the country of roses is raised by these three words." — Elizabeth Midford

Elizabeth Midford’s quote: "I'm fine with not being cute...if it means I can protect you!!" | Image: AmoDays

"Weak in order to love, strong in order to protect, both in order to stay at your side." — Elizabeth Midford

Undertaker Quotes

"How sad it would be if laughter should disappear." — Undertaker

"Life isn't that sweet. That's why everyone wants sweet things." — Undertaker

"Victoria, aye? I'm not a fan. She sits herself up so high above everyone else, and leaves the painful, dirty work to the earl." — Undertaker

"Today is a particular woman's special gala. The final great ceremony in each human's life. A funeral." — Undertaker

Undertaker’s quote: "How sad it would be if laughter should disappear.” | Image: AmoDays

Sebastian Michaelis Quotes

"He made three requests that I protect him and never betray him until he obtains his revenge. That I obey his orders unconditionally. And that I would never lie… to him." — Sebastian Michaelis

"Hatred and sorrow are power; they are yours to control. All you have to do is turn them into strength and use that strength to move forward." — Sebastian Michaelis

"Under one of your orders, I am to be your pawn and your sword. So please, young master, move me into check." — Sebastian Michaelis

"Always skillfully manipulate your pieces; that's how you survive. Use me and madam red, any piece within your reach. Even if the bodies of you, that pile up in front of your thrown. Because if the king falls—this game is over." —Sebastian Michaelis

Sebastian Michaelis’ quote: "Any game becomes boring when it lacks thrills.” | Image: AmoDays

"Humans are easily tempted. When they are poised on the edge of hellish despair and a spider-thin thread of salvation presents itself, they will invariably grasp it. No matter the human." — Sebastian Michaelis

"Any game becomes boring when it lacks thrills." — Sebastian Michaelis

"I am simply one hell of a butler." — Sebastian Michaelis

Sebastian Michaelis’ quote: "Hatred and sorrow are power; they are yours to control. All you have to do is turn them into strength and use that strength to move forward." | Image: AmoDays

"Even though I dislike being kicked by others, I do enjoy the feeling of kicking others." — Sebastian Michaelis

"If it is your wish, I will follow you anywhere, even if your throne crumbles and your shiny crown turns to rust. Even if the bodies pile up endlessly above the bottomless pile of corpses. Beside you as you lie down softly, I will be until I hear the words 'Check Mate.'" — Sebastian Michaelis

"Cats are great. They don't talk about useless things. Or do them. Nothing is cuter. They are something that don't exist in my world. They have pets over there as well...but...it doesn't quite compare." — Sebastian Michaelis

More 'Black Butler' Quotes

"It's useless. A tiny mouse can run anywhere…but they are always in my sight." — Maylene

"If he made a ripple in the long, long lazy life of a demon, then Alois Trancy's soul also was worth cracking open, perhaps." — Claude Faustus

Mey-Rin’s quote: "To greet my master in a tidy manner every day. That is a maid's duty. The housemaid shall purge the filth from this manor!" | Image: AmoDays

"The spider's web has already been woven. The more you struggle, the harder it becomes to escape from those bonds. Whatever the prey, once they get involved with me, catching them is only a matter of time." — Lau

"Passion to calm, hesitation to resolve, love to gravestones. That is the Trancy butler." — Claude Faustus

"To greet my master in a tidy manner every day. That is a maid's duty. The housesemaid shall purge the filth from this manor!" — Mey-Rin

"If someone means any harm against the young master in this mansion, no matter who they are, those servants will have no mercy on them." — Alan Humphries

Ciel Phantomhive’s quote: "If you stick to a ‘lie,’ it'll eventually become the ‘truth.’” | Image: AmoDays

The series has not won any awards, but according to IMDb, it was nominated for Best Vocal Performance in an Anime Feature Film/Special in a Supporting Role at the 2018 Behind the Voice Actor Awards.

It was rated 7.7 on IMDb with a 60% audience score on Tamatometer. It is also available for streaming on Hulu. Have some more anime related fun by reading these 44 Bleach quotes.