Natsuo Kirino > Quotes

“It wasn't so much that I was afraid of the place itself, but I was afraid of the creatures who masqueraded as people.”
― Natsuo Kirino, Real World

“It wasn’t so much that I was afraid of the place itself, but I was afraid of the creatures who masqueraded as people.”
― Natsuo Kirino, Real World

“In order to induce the process of decay, water is necessary. I think that, in the case of women, men are the water.”
― Natsuo Kirino, Grotesque

“For a girl, appearance can be a powerful form of oppression. No matter how intelligent a girl may be, no matter her many talents, these attributes are not easily discerned. Brains and talent will never stand up against a girl who is clearly physically attractive.”
― Natsuo Kirino, Grotesque

“I'm this superphilosophical kind of person. Stuck in a prison of abstract ideas and overpowering emotions, I have this personality that makes it really hard to survive.”
― Natsuo Kirino, Real World

“I was in a self-induced depression. Welcome to me Real World.”
― Natsuo Kirino, Real World

“And what if, in order to keep on living, I have to continue to accept myself?”
― Natsuo Kirino, Real World

“My talent was the uncompromising ability to feel spite.”
― Natsuo Kirino, Grotesque

“Bye-bye. I'm off on a journey to the real world. 'Cause within this meta-reality what's real is this - my death.”
― Natsuo Kirino, Real World

“A woman who does not know herself has no choice other than to live with other people’s evaluations. But no one can adapt perfectly to public opinion. And herein lies the source of their destruction.”
― Natsuo Kirino, Grotesque

“[..] and there are tons of people I hate so much that I wouldn't mind taking them out. But killing them wouldn't get me anywhere - that's the conclusion I always come to. If I'm going to pay for it in the end, I might as well let them live.”
― Natsuo Kirino, Real World

“I decided then and there I was never going to have kids.”
― Natsuo Kirino, Real World

“Fortunately for me, I ran across some girls I could get along with so I could enjoy high school life okay, but it must be awful for kids who don't get along with anybody. We're different from our parents, a completely different species from our teachers. And kids who are one grade apart you are in a different world altogether. In other words, we're basically surrounded by enemies and have to make it on our own.”
― Natsuo Kirino, Real World

“If the old man looked at straight lines to keep his act together, I was going to stare at curved lines and go down in flames.”
― Natsuo Kirino, Real World

“I was frightened by the optimism of adults, their stupid trust in science to treat a troubled heart. Afraid of their obsession with believing they have to treat troubled kids. I just wanted them to leave me alone, so how come they didn't get it? But that's the way it always is.”
― Natsuo Kirino, Real World

“I’m still afraid of being totally honest. I’m more afraid of this than dying.”
― Natsuo Kirino, Real World

“If people can't stand being alone, they have no choice but to die”
― Natsuo Kirino, Grotesque

“When high school girls like us freak out, people are always able to overpower us before we do something stupid, like hijacking a bus or running around with a knife. Which is why girls arm themselves beforehand so they don't get caught up in something like that. Boys probably aren't so good at protecting themselves.”
― Natsuo Kirino, Real World

“This didn't make me sad exactly - it was more a feeling that my own world was too simple, too smooth, too boring and worthless. The most I could do was have another name, Ninna Hori.”
― Natsuo Kirino, Real World

“And then there was her face: her white skin, her brown eyes, and her expression, so soft and beautiful; she looked as though she were constantly getting ready to ask a question. Even an immaculately crafted doll could not have been as lovely.”
― Natsuo Kirino, Grotesque

“Walk around Tokyo and all you see are people trying to sell you something. Tell them okay and before you know you have bought something. Make the mistake of telling your address and now you're on a mailing list. Some old guy pats you on the shoulder and before you know what hit you you're in a hotel room. Stalkers' victims, the ones they kill, are always women.”
― Natsuo Kirino, Real World