I like roses best. But they bloom in all four seasons. I wonder if people who like roses best have to die… — 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
“Anyway, you can be sure of one thing, a man's got to fake just to stay alive.” — Osamu Dazai Copy Share Image
“After being hurt by the world so much, they began to see the demons within humans. So without hiding it through trickery,… — 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… — 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
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
All I feel are the assaults of apprehension and terror at the thought that I am the only one who is entirely… — Osamu Dazai Copy Share Image
For someone like myself in whom the ability to trust others is so cracked and broken that I am wretchedly timid and… — 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
“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
I am convinced that those people whom the world considers good and respects are all liars and fakes. I do not trust… — Osamu Dazai Copy Share Image
People talk of “social outcasts.” The words apparently denote the miserable losers of the world, the vicious ones, but I feel as… — 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
“I would far prefer to be told simply to go and die. It's straightforward. But people almost never say, "Die!" Paltry, prudent… — Osamu Dazai Copy Share Image
Unhappiness. There are all kinds of unhappy people in the world. I suppose it would be no exaggeration to say 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
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