Quotes from Hyouka (TV, 2012)

Oreki Hotaro: If I don't have to do something, I don't do it. If I have to do something, I do it quickly.

Fukube Satoshi: "Nothing beats an impromptu joke. It creates a breeding ground for lies." That's my motto.

Chitanda Eru: Our days being spent aimlessly is not productive.

Hotaro: If you were to use the book for something other than reading, how would you use it?
Mayaka: If you stack a few of them up, it might make a good pillow.
Satoshi: If you put it on your arm, it would serve as a shield.
Hotaro: Think about this more seriously.
Chitanda: He's right. There must be some way that this book in particular is being used.
Satoshi: Okay, Chitanda-san, what do you think?
Chitanda: Let's see. If you make a stack of them, they could serve as pickle press.

Chitanda Eru: It's true that ten years from now, I might not care, but the feelings that I'm having now— They're something that I don't want to think will mean nothing in the future.

Mayaka: She seems like she could be Saint Eru, huh?
Satoshi: "Chitanda Eru" sounds like it could be an angel's name, doesn't it?
Mayaka: As in, "Uriel," "Gabriel," "Chitanda-el"?

Tanabe Jiro: It is out of that desperate gulf that "expectation" is born.

Mayaka: Time to get away from this! We're drinking tonight!
Hotaro: Now we're drinking?!
Mayaka: Oolong tea, mostly!