All Ryūnosuke Akutagawa Quotes
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I may be a lunatic, but then, wasn't my lunacy caused by a monster that lurks at the bottom of every human mind? Those who…
Bottom
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No matter how accomplished one might be in any branch of learning or art, one would have to be condemned to hell, if on where…
Accomplished
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A man sometimes devotes his life to a desire which he is not sure will ever be fulfilled. Those who laugh at this folly are,…
All
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I have heard unsavory rumors about you and the umbrella-maker's daughter
Daughter
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I could wish for nothing more than to die for a childish dream in which I truly believed.
Believed
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I don't have the strength to keep writing this. To go on living with this feeling is painful beyond description. Isn't there someone kind enough…
Beyond
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..he understood far more deeply than anyone else the loneliness that lurked beneath his jaunty mask.
Anyone
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17. Butterfly A butterfly fluttered its wings in a wind thick with the smell of seaweed. His dry lips felt the touch of the butterfly…
Briefest
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Isn't there someone kind enough to come strangle me in my sleep?
Inspirational
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He felt so lost, he said later, that the familiar studio felt like a haunted valley deep in the mountains, with the smell of rotting…
Deep
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Chained inside the carriage is a sinful woman. When we set the carriage afire, her flesh will be roasted, her bones will be charred: she…
Afire
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I could have sworn that the man's eyes were no longer watching his daughter dying in agony, that instead the gorgeous colors of flames and…
Agony
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As you can imagine, those who had fallen this far had been so worn down by their tortures in the seven other hells that they…
Been
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It is unfortunate for the gods that, unlike us, they cannot commit suicide.
Cannot Commit
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Yes -- or rather, it's not so much that I want to die as that I'm tired of living.
Die
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I have no conscience at all -- least of all an artistic conscience. All I have is nerves.
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