“I want to go home.' The moment the smell hit her, the words came into her head. She didn't know exactly what home it was she wanted to go to, certainly not the one she'd just left. But why didn't… — Natsuo Kirino Copy Share Image
I'm this superphilosophical kind of person. Stuck in a prison of abstract ideas and overpowering emotions, I have this personality that makes it really… — Natsuo Kirino Copy Share Image
In order to induce the process of decay, water is necessary. I think that, in the case of women, men are the water. — Natsuo Kirino Copy Share Image
“The woman had gasped beneath his heavy body. He rubbed against her, lubricated by the warm, sticky liquid, but as her body gradually grew… — Natsuo Kirino Copy Share Image
It wasn't so much that I was afraid of the place itself, but I was afraid of the creatures who masqueraded as people. — Natsuo Kirino Copy Share Image
“But it did seem that the thing we are most proud of and the thing we are most ashamed of are but the front… — Natsuo Kirino Copy Share Image
“But even a nice mom and dad like this can't really sense how their child's been assaulted by commercialism ever since she was little,… — Natsuo Kirino Copy Share Image
I don't know if foreigners will take to my novels or not. It may be that my books appeal only to a particular gender… — Natsuo Kirino Copy Share Image
“For a nymphomaniac like myself, I suppose there could be no job more suitable than prostitution; it is my God-given destiny. No matter how… — Natsuo Kirino Copy Share Image
“So something that never should have happened did, all because of my thoughts and actions. A clear-cut cause-and-effect relationship. I was the one who… — Natsuo Kirino Copy Share Image
“This didn't make me sad exactly - it was more a feeling that my own world was too simple, too smooth, too boring and… — Natsuo Kirino Copy Share Image
“Maybe what I want is to cut all ties with everybody. The thread or something that keeps me connected to the world, the worthless… — Natsuo Kirino Copy Share Image
'Out' was my real breakthrough, the novel that became a hit in Japan and sold a lot of books, so it was sort of… — Natsuo Kirino Copy Share Image
For a girl, appearance can be a powerful form of oppression. No matter how intelligent a girl may be, no matter her many talents,… — Natsuo Kirino Copy Share Image
