Monogatari Series: Second Season quotes

The moment you put it into words and tell someone, it starts to diverge from your feelings. Words are nothing but lies and nothing but cheats. No matter what the truth, the moment it is told, it becomes dramatized.

Romance can strengthen people, but it can also make them useless.

Humans have a desire for truth or they have a desire to what they know is the truth. In other words, what the truth is exactly second to that. Be careful of what is the truth and what is lie. In other words, always doubt yourself. Harbor an inner devil as you read along... and I won't forget to add that by that point, you might have already fallen into my trap.

To ask is a moment's shame. Not to, lifelong.

But still... Not trying to undo misunderstandings is the same as telling a lie.

It's like I'd want to ask what justice is doing right now if it existed in this world. Well, justice is empty and ineffectual.

To have something you detest is about as important as having something you love. Yet you accept everything that comes in your way. Because if you like anything and everything, they all end up being the same thing in the end.

How can someone who seeks a reason from another person be right? While you're forcing that reason on someone else, how can you take responsibility?

People save themselves on their own. Nobody can ever save anyone else.

Someone saying that they are happy doesn't necessarily mean that they are happy, right?

When the world is filled with red lights signaling danger, the world is safer than usual. But when it's filled with green lights signaling safety, it creates a place more dangerous than anywhere.

It's not good to expect too much, but you can't do anything if you're being overly pessimistic. If you just wait thinking it's useless, nothing will come of it.

People can run from the things they don't like all they want. But if they're just averting their eyes, they're not running. As long as you think the current situation is okay, no one can help.