"I think I finally understand... As long …" — Hidehito Nomura Quote

"People like us aren't qualified to be involved in a dramatic incident such as a suicide. No matter how depressed you are or how much pain you're in, you have to return to your routine, daily life. Even if you don't come back, you'll just end up dying in vain. A dramatic death isn't befitting of us."

— Kaoru Yamazaki · Welcome to the N.H.K

"People in reality spout off all in unison about love and friendship but in fact it's a dirty little world full of lies and desires, isn't it?"

— Satou Tatsuhiro · Welcome to the N.H.K

"Being alone is best. I mean, it's true, isn't it? In the end you'll be absolutely alone"

— Satou Tatsuhiro · Welcome to the N.H.K

"Feelings of romantic love are, in the end, just some chemical reaction. Under the right conditions, they occur no matter who the other person is."

— Kaoru Yamazaki · Welcome to the N.H.K

"No human beings, regardless of who they might be, want to look directly at their own shortcomings."

— Satou Tatsuhiro · Welcome to the N.H.K

"Question: Why can one keep living as a hikikomori? Answer: Because one's food clothing and shelter are assured. It's because one is permitted a lukewarm bare minimum of a life that one can keep living as a hikikomori indefinitely. Being able to live as a hikikomori was in itself very much a luxury. Without the assurance of food clothing and shelter unless you're prepared to die there's no other way but to work."

— Satou Tatsuhiro · Welcome to the N.H.K