Best Bakemonogatari Quotes, Ranked

"I don’t know everything; I just know what I know."

-Tsubasa Hanekawa

"A fake can do what the real thing would. A fake can be more real than the real thing."

-Shinobu Oshino

"If you selfishly admire someone only to feel disappointed later, stop trying to get to know them."

-Koyomi Araragi

"You may face bad things, but you do not have to suffer. You may lack blessings, but you do not have to freak out. Even if bad things happen, just be strong!"

-Koyomi Araragi

"Though my life has not been fortunate until now, I am glad I caught your eye because of that bad luck..."

-Senjougahara Hitagi

"People must save themselves. One person saving another is impossible."

-Meme Oshino

"Senjougahara, I have a story. It involves a man who tried to rape you. He was hit by a car and died far from you, in an event unrelated to you. No drama. That is the lesson: do not expect your life to be like a play."

-Deishū Kaiki

"Kindness can sometimes become hostility."

-Senjougahara Hitagi

"If praying fails and words do not work, you must fight."

-Meme Oshino

"Every time you sigh, some happiness escapes."

-Senjougahara Hitagi

"Different views create different conclusions when looking at one fact from two angles. No one can judge which view is right. You cannot claim your conclusion is correct. But that same reason means it is also too soon to say your conclusion is wrong."

-Senjougahara Hitagi

"I am afraid of losing you now. My life hasn't been great until now, but I was glad I caught your eye due to that bad luck. That led me to fall for you. We will do something, but I need to wait a bit. For now, the last thing I can give you is this starry sky."

-Senjougahara Hitagi

"Those who are fooled share some blame."

-Senjougahara Hitagi

"Being a hero starts not with being right; it starts with being strong. That is why the hero always wins."

-Koyomi Araragi

"Sadly, a psychotic virgin, needing love and likely to fall for anyone kind, has set eyes on you."

-Senjougahara Hitagi

"In society, letting people know you are nice is a very risky move. Someone will likely take advantage of it."

-Senjougahara Hitagi

"Curiosity acts like a cockroach. It seeks out secrets meant to stay hidden."

-Senjougahara Hitagi

"I just want to relieve my sexual frustrations. All I feel for a cat-eared high school girl in her underwear is lust."

-Koyomi Araragi

"I am bothered by people existing, but you are an exception."

-Koyomi Araragi

"Physical strength alone is pointless. The real deal needs mental strength and will."

-Koyomi Araragi

"A fake with more power than the real thing is more dangerous than the real thing."

-Senjougahara Hitagi

"I am not a friend of justice. I am an enemy of evil."

-Senjougahara Hitagi

*guilty voice* "Because of my carelessness Araragi-kun realized his brain is slower than others."

-Senjougahara Hitagi

"That's what I call smallness as a human being. I get irritated by it, but I cannot change it. I am small, or something."

-Koyomi Araragi

*to Araragi* "A creature like you having a brain in his skull is already a miracle."

-Senjougahara Hitagi

"Being optimistic is not bad. You aren't doing anything wrong. You aren't cheating either."

-Koyomi Araragi

"The sun is my enemy, but the moon has been good to me."

-Shinobu Oshino

"If they find out what you did there, people will say many things. Some will say you did right. Some will say you did wrong. That does not matter. No matter what anyone says, you do not have to worry. You did neither right nor wrong. It was all part of being young."

-Koyomi Araragi

"I don't think much of you for sending a girl your age to where a weird man lives."

-Meme Oshino

"I am not taking sides. I am neutral. I discuss standpoints. Miss Class Representative (Hanekawa Tsubasa) has her view; her parents have theirs. An outsider cannot know which is right. There is no right one. It is only about who is easier to agree with."

-Meme Oshino

"Changing the world alone is hard, but twisting it a little might not be so hard."

-Shinobu Oshino

"You.... Could you just be an idiot?" *to Senjougahara*

-Koyomi Araragi

"It is impossible for someone to replace someone else."

-Koyomi Araragi

*to Araragi* "I am surprised you know such useless things. This is the first time since birth I have admired you."

-Senjougahara Hitagi

"If I can, I want to bring back what she lost, what she threw away."

-Koyomi Araragi

"Oddities are the world. They link to the world, unlike living beings. Science cannot explain them. People will always fear vampires. All darkness can be lit, but darkness never stops existing."

-Bakemonogatari

"She has been like that since I bought donuts and had one more than her."

-Meme Oshino

"No one cares about Araragi-kun."

-Meme Oshino

"I do not want that kind of twisted love."

-Koyomi Araragi

"How does one figure out if they are in love with someone of the opposite sex?"

-Koyomi Araragi