“I had spent my whole life thinking that society must certainly be something powerful, harsh and severe, but to hear Horiki talk made the words "Don't you mean yourself?" come to the tip of my tongue.[...]
Society won't stand for it.
It's not society. You're the one who won't stand for it-right?
If you do such a thing society will make you suffer for it.
It's not society. It's you, isn't it?
Before you know it, you'll be ostracized by society.
It's not society. You're going to do the ostracisizing, aren't you?”
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Osamu Dazai,
No Longer Human