““Perhaps I am already tired of life—I feel as if it makes no difference when I die. The other day at the Toranomon Hospital when they told me it might be cancer, my wife and Miss Sasaki seemed to turn pale, but I was quite calm. It was surprising that I could be calm even at such a moment. I almost felt relieved, to think that my long, long life was finally coming to an end.””
![“[…] we can’t make a decision between being sad for a little while and being wretched for the rest of our lives. Or rather we’ve made the decision and have trouble finding the courage to carry it through.” quote by Jun'ichirō Tanizaki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/d3e/jun-ichir-tanizaki-21691_courage_we-can-t-make-a-decision-between-being-s_810112.jpg)
