“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
“[...] 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
“Anyway, you can be sure of one thing, a man's got to fake just to stay alive.” — 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
“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
“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
“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
“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 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
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
