At times everything grows misty and dark before my eyes, and I feel that the strength of my whole body is oozing… — Osamu Dazai Copy Share Image
“He could only consider me as the living corpse of a would-be suicide, a person dead to shame, an idiot ghost.” — Osamu Dazai Copy Share Image
Mine has been a life of much shame. I can't even guess myself what it must be to live the life of… — Osamu Dazai Copy Share Image
“Humanity? Don't be silly. I know. It is knocking down your fellow-men for the sake of your own happiness.” — Osamu Dazai Copy Share Image
“Show me what you've written," I said, although I wanted desperately to avoid looking at it.” — Osamu Dazai Copy Share Image
“Anyway, you can be sure of one thing, a man's got to fake just to stay alive.” — Osamu Dazai Copy Share Image
“no matter how difficult, because I would have a purpose in life, I would have hope.” — Osamu Dazai Copy Share Image
“I wonder if there is anyone who is not depraved. A wearisome thought. I want money. Unless I have it… In my… — Osamu Dazai Copy Share Image
“[...] Just because a person has a title doesn't make him an aristocrat. Some people are great aristocrats who have no other… — Osamu Dazai Copy Share Image
“I have sometimes thought that I have been burdened with a pack of ten misfortunes, any one of which if borne by… — Osamu Dazai Copy Share Image
“I have no desire for others to take it on themselves to analyze my thoughts. I am without thoughts. I have never,… — Osamu Dazai Copy Share Image
I am convinced that human life is filled with many pure, happy, serene examples of insincerity, truly splendid of their kind-of people… — Osamu Dazai Copy Share Image
I drink out of desperation. Life is too dreary to endure. The misery, loneliness, crampedness - they're heartbreaking.[...] What feelings do you… — Osamu Dazai Copy Share Image
“The courageous testimony of Dr. Faust that a maiden's smile is more precious than history, philosophy, education, religion, law, politics,economics, and all… — Osamu Dazai Copy Share Image
“Even now it comes as a shock if by chance I notice in the street a face resembling someone I know however… — Osamu Dazai Copy Share Image
“In our lives we know joy, anger, sorrow, and a hundred other emotions, but these emotions altogether occupy a bare one per… — Osamu Dazai Copy Share Image
Now even if I die, no one will be so grieved as to do himself bodily harm. No [...] I know just… — Osamu Dazai Copy Share Image
“When I pretended to be precocious, people started the rumor that I was precocious. When I acted like an idler, rumor had… — Osamu Dazai Copy Share Image
“A sensation of helplessness, as if it were utterly impossible to go on living. Painful waves beat relentlessly on my heart, as… — Osamu Dazai Copy Share Image
“There was something wrong about thse people. But perhaps, just as it is true of my love, they could not go on… — Osamu Dazai Copy Share Image
To wait. In our lives we know joy, anger, sorrow, and a hundred other emotions, but these emotions all together occupy a… — Osamu Dazai Copy Share Image
“I feel so unhappy.” I am sure that this one phrase whispered to me would arouse my sympathy more than the longest,… — Osamu Dazai Copy Share Image
“I am convinced that human life is filled with many pure, happy, serene examples of insincerity, truly splendid of their kind -… — Osamu Dazai Copy Share Image
It isn't that I dislike artists, but I can't stand anyone who puts on those ponderous airs of a man of character. — Osamu Dazai Copy Share Image
Scoundrels [...] simply don't die. The ones who die are always the gentle, sweet, and beautiful people. [...] Scoundrels live a long… — Osamu Dazai Copy Share Image
And I was incapable of living all by myself in those lodgings where I didn't know a soul. It terrified me to… — Osamu Dazai Copy Share Image
“I am afraid because I can so clearly foresee my own life rotting away of itself, like a leaf that rots without… — Osamu Dazai Copy Share Image
“I am sure that the reason why I wept and stormed as if I had gone off my head was that the… — Osamu Dazai Copy Share Image
I must go on living. And, though it may be childish of me, I can't go on in simple compliance. From now… — Osamu Dazai Copy Share Image
I want to spend my time with people who don't look to be respected. But such good people won't want to spend their time… — Osamu Dazai Copy Share Image
“Disqualified as a human being. I had now ceased utterly to be a human being.” — Osamu Dazai Copy Share Image
I was afraid to board a streetcar because of the conductor; I was afraid to enter the Kabuki Theater for fear of the usherettes… — Osamu Dazai Copy Share Image
“Tomorrow will probably be another day like today. Happiness will never come my way. I know that. But it's probably best to go to… — Osamu Dazai Copy Share Image
“When I pretended to be precocious, people started the rumor that I was precocious. When I acted like an idler, rumor had it I… — Osamu Dazai Copy Share Image
One day, I went to a soba restaurant outside town, and while I was waiting for the zarusoba I opened an old graph magazine.… — Osamu Dazai Copy Share Image
“I feel so unhappy.” I am sure that this one phrase whispered to me would arouse my sympathy more than the longest, most painstaking… — Osamu Dazai Copy Share Image
I soon came to understand that drink, tobacco and prostitutes were all great means if dissipating (even for a few moments) my dread for… — Osamu Dazai Copy Share Image
“Of late a gloomy rain has been falling almost incessantly. Whatever I do depresses me.” — Osamu Dazai Copy Share Image
“All I feel are the assaults of apprehension and terror at the thought that I am the only one who is entirely unlike the… — Osamu Dazai Copy Share Image
Last year nothing happened The year before nothing happened And the year before that nothing happened. — Osamu Dazai Copy Share Image
![“[...] Just because a person has a title doesn't make him an aristocrat. Some people are great aristocrats who have no other title than the one that nature has bestowed on them, and others like us, who have nothing but titles, are closer to being pariahs than aristocrats.” quote by Osamu Dazai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/139/osamu-dazai-2813_life_just-because-a-person-has-a-title-doesn_749431.jpg)
![“I drink out of desperation. Life is too dreary to endure. The misery, loneliness, crampedness - they're heartbreaking.[...] What feelings do you suppose a man has when he realizes that he will never know happiness or glory as long as he lives? Hard work. All that amounts to is food for the wild…” quote by Osamu Dazai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/a4b/osamu-dazai-2813_alcoholic_i-drink-out-of-desperation-life-is-too-d_2314144.jpg)
![“Now even if I die, no one will be so grieved as to do himself bodily harm. No [...] I know just how much sadness my death will cause you. Undoubtedly you will weep when you learn the news--apart, of course, from such ornamental sentimentality as you may indulge in--but if you will please try to…” quote by Osamu Dazai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/4ef/osamu-dazai-2813_believe_now-even-if-i-die-no-one-will-be-so-grie_1520758.jpg)
![“Scoundrels [...] simply don't die. The ones who die are always the gentle, sweet, and beautiful people. [...] Scoundrels live a long time. The beautiful die young.” quote by Osamu Dazai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/dcf/osamu-dazai-2813_beautiful_scoundrels-simply-don-t-die-the-ones-who_3150014.jpg)
