Labeled a delinquent. That's the only kind of label I want to be crucified under. — Osamu Dazai Delinquent Copy Share Image
As for love . . . no, having once written that word I can write nothing more. — Osamu Dazai Language 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
I have always found the female of the human species many times more difficult to understand than the male. — Osamu Dazai Copy Share Image
Victims. Victims of a transitional period of morality. That is what we both certainly are. — Osamu Dazai Character Copy Share Image
“I’m going to paint too. I’m going to paint pictures of ghosts and devils and horses out of hell.” — Osamu Dazai Artist Copy Share Image
“Heaven forbid if beauty were to have substance. Genuine beauty is always meaningless, without virtue” — Osamu Dazai Beauty Copy Share Image
“no matter how difficult, because I would have a purpose in life, I would have hope.” — Osamu Dazai Hope Copy Share Image
What is society but an individual? [] The ocean is not society; it is individuals. This was how I managed to gain… — Osamu Dazai Community 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
“The incomprehensibility of society is the incomprehensibility of the individual. The ocean is not society; it is individuals.” — Osamu Dazai Community Copy Share Image
“When you've got the devil's own luck, you're immune from the usual run of disasters. Such people must be utilized.” — Osamu Dazai Luck Copy Share Image
“In spite of my suffering, at the thought that I was sure to end up by killing myself, I cried aloud and… — 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 Ability Copy Share Image
“I felt as though the vessel if my suffering had become empty, as if nothing could interest me now. I had lost… — Osamu Dazai Apathy Copy Share Image
“The true substance of love lies in the act of howling words of love with a desperation of a man jumping into… — Osamu Dazai Anime Copy Share Image
“I didn't know whether it was better to maintain a fierce distinction between yourself and your acquaintances in society in order to… — Osamu Dazai Acquaintances Copy Share Image
Is it not true that no two human beings understand anything whatsoever about each other, that those who consider themselves bosom friends… — Osamu Dazai Bosom friends Copy Share Image
“I can never forget the indescribably crafty shadow that passed over Flatfish's face as he laughed at me, his neck drawn in.… — Osamu Dazai Adult life Copy Share Image
“Most women have only to lay eyes on you to want to be doing something for you so badly they can’t stand… — Osamu Dazai Copy Share Image
Having said that, I must now admit that I was still afraid of human beings, and before I could meet even the… — Osamu Dazai Art Copy Share Image
“When I lay next to her my body was enveloped in her current, which mingled with my own harsher current of gloom… — Osamu Dazai Fear 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… — Osamu Dazai Copy Share Image
Now I have neither happiness nor unhappiness.Everything passes.That is the one and only thing that I have thought resembled a truth in… — Osamu Dazai Copy Share Image
“Item. A hand in plaster. This was the right hand of Venus. A hand like a dahlia blossom, a pure white hand,… — Osamu Dazai Copy Share Image
“I wonder why Miss Kosugi's lectures are always so stiff. Is she a fool? It makes me sad. She went on and… — 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 Belief 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… — Osamu Dazai Copy Share Image
“What, I wondered, did he mean by “society”? The plural of human beings? Where was the substance of this thing called “society”?… — Osamu Dazai Copy Share Image
But happiness is being able to hope, however faintly, for happiness. So, at least, we must believe if we are to live… — Osamu Dazai Copy Share Image
It would seem that the more irresponsible and crafty one is, the more likely one is to have a talent for storytelling. — Osamu Dazai Storytelling 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 Death Copy Share Image
“Is it painful to be the person who waits? Or is it more painful to be the person who makes others wait?… — Osamu Dazai Copy Share Image
I have often felt that I would find it more complicated, troublesome and unpleasant to ascertain the feelings by which a woman… — 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 Emotions 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 Depression 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 Good people Copy Share Image
In my case such an expression as 'to be fallen for' or even 'to be loved' is not in the least appropriate;… — 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 Apprehension Copy Share Image
I also have the impression that many women have been able, instinctively, to sniff out this loneliness of mine, which I confided… — Osamu Dazai Copy Share Image
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