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1 " We are unable to discount the hypotheses that the world began three years ago. "
― Nagaru Tanigawa , The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (Haruhi Suzumiya, #1)
2 " On the surface, humans appear to hate conflict, but in reality, they seek it. "
― Nagaru Tanigawa
3 " From theme song of the show: Boken Desho Desho, boken de ga.......its a good song "
4 " As I looked at her from the side, I became newly aware of the softness of the curves of her face. Nagato said she was the "potential for evolution." According to Asahina, she was a "time warp." Koizumi treated her as "God." Then what about me? What did "Haruhi Suzumiya" mean to me?Haruhi was Haruhi and nobody else. I wasn't going to use such overblown language to dodge the question. But I didn't happen to have a decisive answer. Isn't that natural? If someone points to the classmate sitting behind you and asks, "What is she to you?" How are you supposed to respond? ... No, sorry. Guess that's still dodging the question. Haruhi wasn't just a classmate to me. Of course, she also wasn't the "potential for evolution" or a "time warp," much less "God." She couldn't possibly be. "
5 " Just look at the Chinese characters used for the names of the days of the week. Color-wise, Monday (Moon) would be yellow. Tuesday (Fire) is red. Wednesday (Water) is blue. Thursday (Wood) is green. Friday (Gold) would be gold, Saturday (Earth) would be light brown. sunday (Sun) would be white. "
6 " If something must be true for us, as humans, to exist, than it is true simply because we exist. "
― Nagaru Tanigawa , The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, Vol. 1 (The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, #1)
7 " That's why I'm going to kill you and see how Haruhi Suzumiya reacts. "
8 " It happened to me. And I'll never forget it. Back when I was in the sixth grade, my whole family went out to go watch a baseball game at the stadium. I didn't really care about baseball, but I was surprised by what I saw when we got there. Everywhere I looked, I saw people. On the other side of the stadium, the people looked so small, like little moving grains of rice. It was so crowded. I thought that everyone in Japan had to be packed in there. So I turned to my dad and asked him, "Do you know how many people are here right now"? He said since the stadium was full, probably fifty thousand. After the game, the street was filled with people and I was really shocked to see that, too. To me, it seemed like there was a ton of people there. But then, I realized it could only be a tiny fraction of all the people in Japan. When I got home, I pulled out my calculator. In social studies, I'd learned that the population of Japan was a hundred some odd million. So I divided that by fifty thousand. The answer was one two-thousandth. That shocked me even more. I was only one little person in that big crowded stadium filled with people, and believe me, there were so many people there, but it was just a handful of the entire population. Up till then, I always thought that I was, I don't know, kind of a special person. It was fun to be with my family. I had fun with my classmates. And the school that I was going to, it had just about the most interesting people anywhere. But that night, I realized it wasn't true. All the stuff we did during class that I thought was so fun and cool, was probably happening just like that in classes in other schools all over Japan. There was nothing special about my school at all. When I realized that, it suddenly felt like the whole world around me started to fade into a dull gray void. Brushing my teeth and going to sleep at night, waking up and eating breakfast in the morning, that stuff happened all over the place. They were everyday things that everybody was doing. When I thought about it like that, everything became boring. If there's really that many people in the world, then there had to be someone who wasn't ordinary. There had to be someone who was living an interesting life. There just had to be. But why wasn't I that person? So, that's how I felt till I finished elementary school. And then I had another realization. I realized fun things wouldn't come my way just by waiting for them. I thought when I got into junior high, it was time for me to make a change. I'd let the world know I wasn't a girl who was happy sitting around waiting. And I've done my best to become that person. But in the end, nothing happened. More time went by and before I knew it, I was in high school. I thought that something would change. "
9 " We don't know in advance what we're going to do in the future, but the truth is we often don't know what we were thinking in the past. "
― Nagaru Tanigawa , The Intrigues of Haruhi Suzumiya (Haruhi Suzumiya, #7)
10 " ..I don't think it evil. I'm sure it's... ... On our side! "
― Nagaru Tanigawa , The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, Vol. 2 (The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, #2)
11 " Just think about it. We only get to experience a certain day of a certain year once in our lifetime. The same goes for today. Today will never come back once it’s gone. That’s why you’re obligated to live every day to the fullest so you have no regrets. "
― Nagaru Tanigawa , 涼宮ハルヒの暴走 [Suzumiya Haruhi no Bōsō] (Haruhi Suzumiya, #5)
12 " Когда я перестал верить в Санта Клауса? По-моему, вопрос дурацкий и даже нет смысла тратить на такую болтовню время. Но если уж говорить о том, когда же я перестал верить в существование старикана в красном костюме, то могу уверенно сказать - я с самого начала в него и не верил.Я понимал, что Санта, появлявшийся в моем детском саду на рождественском празднике, был фальшивкой, и, если вспомнить, ребята вокруг меня тоже не воспринимали все всерьез, когда следили за Санта-косплеем, который устраивал наш воспитатель.Не то чтобы я застал маму целующейся с Сантой, но все же был довольно смышлен, чтобы сомневаться в существовании дедушки, работающего только в Рождество. Тем не менее, чтобы осознать отсутствие в этом мире пришельцев из космоса, путешественников во времени, призраков, чудовищ, экстрасенсов, тайных организаций и сражающихся с ними героев манги, аниме и фантастических фильмов времени мне потребовалось побольше.Нет, наверное, я все понимал, но просто не хотел признаваться себе в этом. В глубине души я желал, чтобы пришельцы, путешественники во времени, призраки, чудовища, экстрасенсы и секретные организации взяли и вдруг появились передо мной.В сравнении с обычным миром, в котором я просыпался утром и засыпал ночью, миры, изображенные в манге, аниме и фантастике, обладали таким пленительным очарованием!Вот бы и мне там родиться!Спасать девушек, украденных инопланетянами и помещенных в огромные прозрачные гороховые стручки, храбро и находчиво отражать нападение пришельцев из будущего, вооруженных лазерами и замышляющих изменить историю, одним заклинанием расправляться с призраками и чудовищами, вести психические битвы с экстрасенсами из секретных организаций, короче - вот чем я хотел заниматься.Нет, стоп, успокойся. Допустим, даже и нападут пришельцы и все вышеупомянутое, но у меня-то никаких особых способностей нет, как я должен с ними сражаться? Я и об этом думал.Однажды в мой класс неожиданно переводят загадочного новичка. На самом деле он пришелец или путешественник во времени, ну, в общем, наделен какой-нибудь необъяснимой силой и сражается с какими-нибудь плохими парнями, а я тоже мог бы оказаться втянутым в эту борьбу. Бьется в основном он, я его помощник. Вот это замечательно, какой же я умный!Ну, или так. Однажды я просыпаюсь с необычными способностями, чем-нибудь вроде телепортации или психокинеза. На самом деле в мире есть и другие люди, обладающие такими способностями и, само собой, есть и организации, отбирающие таких людей. Встретившись с представителем такой организации, я встаю на сторону добра и сражаюсь со злыми экстрасенсами, желающими завоевать весь мир.Однако реальность оказалась неожиданно жестокой.В мой класс никто не переводился, летающие тарелки мне ни разу не попадались, сколько ни ходил я в поисках духов и призраков по разным таинственным местам, но ничего так и не появилось. Хоть два часа я отчаянно пялился на лежащий на столе карандаш, тот не сдвинулся ни на микрон, не смог я прочитать и ни одной мысли сидящего передо мной одноклассника, чью голову я как-то сверлил взглядом весь урок.Со смесью презрения и восхищения наблюдая за отлаженным выполнением физических законов в мире, я неожиданно перестал без отрыва смотреть передачи об НЛО и привидениях по телевизору. Такого не бывает… но хотелось, чтоб хоть чуть-чуть было… наверное, и я дорос до того, чтобы привести свои мысли к единому знаменателю.Распростившись с девятым классом, я распростился и со своими мальчишескими мечтами, свыкся с обычностью этого мира. В последнем лучике надежды - 1999 году ничего произойти не могло. XXI век на носу, а человечество пока только на Луну и обратно летает, так что при моей жизни махнуть на денек на Альфу Центавра вряд ли удастся.С такими вот мыслями в голове я без особого энтузиазма перешел в старшую школу… и встретился с Судзумией Харухи. "
― Nagaru Tanigawa , The Melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi-chan: The Untold Adventures of the SOS Brigade, Vol. 06
13 " It's, yeah, because you're answering my questions." "Is it not possible that the sounds I am emitting simply conform by coincidence to the conditions of a response to your question? "" If you accept that, wouldn't that mean fellow human beings could be talking without actually holding a conversation? "Why am I having a serious discussion with a cat? The stray calico Shamisen licked his front paw and scratched under his ear. " You are absolutely correct. You and the young lady over there could engage in actions that would make it appear as though you were holding a conversation, but nobody would have any way of knowing whether or not accurate communication occurred," Shamisen said in an oddly rough voice. "Since people may or may not say what they really mean in different situations, " said Koizumi. "
14 " How can you be sure that we are holding a conversation? Nobody would know whether or not accurate communication occurred, correct? "
15 " Books should be read with a generous heart. "
― Nagaru Tanigawa , The Surprise of Haruhi Suzumiya (light novel)
