"I don't think ignorance is necessarily a…" — Hachiman Hikigaya Quote

"One ought to experience loneliness at least once or twice in life. No, you have to experience it. The idea of being chained to another person without reprieve is far more abnormal and disquieting. One has no choice but to learn about loneliness. I’m sure some things can’t be experienced without it."

— Hachiman Hikigaya · Yahari Ore No Seishun Love Come Wa Machigatteiru

"If failure is the hallmark of being young, like they say. then someone who has failed to make friends must be at the peak of his youth, right? However, I'm sure they will disagree. All of this is just their double standards at play and nothing else. Here's the bottom line: Fools that enjoy their youth should go kill themselves."

— Hachiman Hikigaya · Yahari Ore No Seishun Love Come Wa Machigatteiru

"There's probably no one who's more of a realist than the unpopular loner. I have lived my life with the Three Nevers of the Unpopular: Never to hold (hope), Never to open (your heart), and Never to treasure (sweet words)."

— Hachiman Hikigaya · Yahari Ore No Seishun Love Come Wa Machigatteiru

"Ignorance is bliss, isn't it?"

— Hachiman Hikigaya · Yahari Ore No Seishun Love Come Wa Machigatteiru

"Everyone is a slave to their past. No matter how much you wish to move forward, the events of last year will bear down on you like the light of the stars as soon as you glance up. Unable to laugh or to banish your past, you carry it ceaselessly in a corner of your heart, waiting for it to resurrect at an inopportune moment."

— Hachiman Hikigaya · Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Come wa Machigatteiru.

"I lie all the time. Who cares if you know something, but you say you don't? Forcing something out of someone without permission is worse."

— Hachiman Hikigaya · Yahari Ore No Seishun Love Come Wa Machigatteiru