Monogatari Quotes

“Just like love isn't always requited, hating someone doesn't mean they'll hate you in turn. Sometimes, they won't even let you hate them in peace. People aren't comic book characters, you know. No human being is completely made of malice, nobody is evil through and through, no character looks the same from all angles, and hell, no character stays consistent at all times.”
― NisiOisiN, 花物語 [Hanamonogatari]

“I only need 1 thing: Everything" - Sengoku Nadeko”
― Nisio Isin

“It doesn't matter whether wishes come true or not, but I believe wishing for something in and of itself has merit. Regardless of whether or not it's possible to make it come true, I think it's good to understand yourself and what you wish for. If you don't know what you want to be like and what you'd like to see happen, your life will be filled with doubt.”
― NisiOisiN, 花物語 [Hanamonogatari]

“Even if there's only one actual truth, you can have two truths from two different perspectives. A method to determine which truth is true doesn't actually exist. There's no real method of proving your truth in this world. But believing you're wrong for that reason is also wrong.”
― NisiOisiN, Bakemonogatari

“I don’t know everything. I just know what I know.”
― Tsubasa Hanekawa

“I know love. The convenience store was selling it. For 298 yen.”
― Mayoi Hachikuji

“Do ye mean to say that humans do not kill one another? Listen, as far as I know, no species animal exists that does not kill its own kind. No, even among plants, trees rob on another of nutrients.”
― NisiOisiN, KIZUMONOGATARI: Wound Tale

“Everyone carries some kind of baggage–just as you shouldn't discriminate against someone for their birth or upbringing, you shouldn't pity or envy them, either.”
― NisiOisiN, Bakemonogatari, Part 3: Monster Tale

“Do ye mean to say that humans do not kill one another? Listen, as far as I know, no species animal exists that does not kill its own kind. No, even among plants, trees rob one another of nutrients.”
― NisiOisiN, KIZUMONOGATARI: Wound Tale

“Do ye mean to say that humans do not kill one another? Listen, as far as I know, no species of animal exists that does not kill its own kind. No, even among plants, trees rob one another of nutrients.”
― NisiOisiN, KIZUMONOGATARI: Wound Tale

“My inappropriate remarks are an alloy of 40 grams copper, 25 grams zinc, 15 grams nickel, 5 grams bashfulness, and 97 kilograms malice.”
― NisiOisiN, Bakemonogatari, Part 1: Monster Tale

“It's not like anything is going to change, but.
"It's not like nothing is going to change," Senjogahara said at the end.”
― NisiOisiN

“It's not necessarily bad, you know," Oshino argued, "Confronting a painful experience isn't a must. It's not like you're great just 'cause you do. If you dont feel like it, it's totally fine to run away.”
― NisiOisiN, Bakemonogatari, Part 1: Monster Tale

“Sometimes love makes people stronger, and sometimes it makes them go to shit─ thanks to you, Senjogahara has gotten a little stronger. But with you around, Nadeko Sengoku will just go to shit.”
― NisiOisiN, 恋物語 [Koimonogatari]

“Aren't you kind,' Kanbaru said, [...] 'You must get told that often. That you're a good, kind person.'
'Who wants to get told, and often, the kind of thing you tell someone who doesn't have a personality?”
― NisiOisin, Bakemonogatari, Part 2: Monster Tale