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"I don’t believe, like some enlightened person, that this is a far more human life than the one in the mansion prior to my parents’ divorce. There’s no way I could. I don’t think for a second there’s anything more human about living in poverty. In fact, I agree with the saying─poverty dulls the wit."

Nekomonogatari (White): Cat Tale by NisioIsin

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At some point, children intentionally start to act bad because they think it’s “embarrassing” to do good, but it’s not really because they’re embarrassed. It’s because such goodness is nothing more than a weak point, a liability amidst “the malice” out there in the world.

Nekomonogatari (White): Cat Tale by NisioIsin

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“I’ve been wondering for a while. What the difference is between you and Araragi─both of you are willing to do anything for the sake of others, even putting yourselves at risk, but from where I stand, the two of you seem completely different─you don’t even seem to resemble each other. To put it simply, Araragi looks fake, while you look like the real deal. It made me wonder why, especially because your behavior is the same─but I think I understand now after eating this meal you cooked. “You and Araragi understand danger in different ways. For example, if there’s a cat that’s been run over in the middle of the street─giving it a proper burial is probably the right thing to do. I think you would, and while he’d moan and groan about it, Araragi might too at the end of the day. “And I think the difference here is that moaning and groaning─the reason so many people would ignore a dead cat run over in the middle of the street, passing by as if they didn’t see it at all, is that it’s ‘dangerous’ to bury it. It’s extremely risky in our society for people around you to know that you’re a ‘good’ or ‘virtuous’ person─it becomes extremely likely that people will start to take advantage of you.”

Nekomonogatari (White): Cat Tale by NisioIsin

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“You know, I’d always thought that the world must look so bland to people as smart as you─that because you understand so much of it, nothing’s exciting or thrilling. But I might have been only half-right about that and wrong about the other half. There was never any guarantee that you and I interpreted what it means to be bland in the same way.”

Nekomonogatari (White): Cat Tale by NisioIsin

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“I’m not so sure about living that way. It’s not just how you deal with food. You, well─” She seemed to be choosing her words carefully. That was rare. “─you accept everything that comes to you, don’t you?” she went with the same verb she used earlier. “It’s important to have things you love, but isn’t it just about as important to have things you hate?”

Nekomonogatari (White): Cat Tale by NisioIsin

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“Maybe you’re someone who accepts the taste of anything… It might be an exaggeration, but you only care that your food provides you with nutrition. No, maybe nutrition doesn’t even matter so long as you’ve filled your stomach…” “Don’t make it sound like I’m a warrior or something.” “In that case, your sense of taste is only a burden. If you aren’t enjoying the flavor of the ingredients─then, in the end, you aren’t bothered by trivial details? When I think about it, being fixated on how something is seasoned might be a luxury.”

Nekomonogatari (White): Cat Tale by NisioIsin

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“They say the best way to get a secret out of someone is to ask them how their day went.”

Nekomonogatari (White): Cat Tale by NisioIsin

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“Oh, I get it, I get it. I’m sorry, Miss Senjogahara, you’re one of those people who puts dressing on their salads. And that’s why you were making such a funny face.” “No, it’s that I didn’t know there was a no-dressing faction. And it’s my first time seeing a plain fried egg, and it’s also my first time being served just a piece of bread. Are you, let’s say, someone who rejects the idea of seasoning food?”

Nekomonogatari (White): Cat Tale by NisioIsin

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If anything, I’m someone who likes exercise. I even have a little habit of running in the mornings, though I don’t do it every day. It was just that I could imagine the scene after getting back being yet another shower with Miss Senjogahara, and I thought we might not need that much fanservice crammed in. It’d be indecent, and in more ways than one.

Nekomonogatari (White): Cat Tale by NisioIsin

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<An aberration who assists a human, then. Remarkable─you are not. But then you ought to know better than any other aberration. An aberration’s traits cannot be suppressed. The problem lies with the seer, not the seen.> “……” <I am a tiger, and this master of yours saw me─that is all that matters.>

Nekomonogatari (White): Cat Tale by NisioIsin

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I bet I can’t seek help from anyone other than myself─I don’t want to entrust anything decisive to others. I don’t want to let go of the casting board. I want to define my life on my own. And so─I became a cat. An aberration. I became me.

Nekomonogatari (White): Cat Tale by NisioIsin

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They say that any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic, but any excessive aberration is indistinguishable from reality, too.

Nekomonogatari (White): Cat Tale by NisioIsin

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Meet an aberration and you’ll be drawn by aberrations.

Nekomonogatari (White): Cat Tale by NisioIsin

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“What’s about to happen with me and Mister Araragi is an episode for the next volume!” “Don’t be so crass with your foreshadowing.” That wasn’t even foreshadowing, it was just an ad for a program.

Nekomonogatari (White): Cat Tale by NisioIsin