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“My six eyes tell me you're Suguru Geto. But my soul knows otherwise!”
― Gege Akutami, 呪術廻戦 11 [Jujutsu Kaisen 11]

“Are you the strongest because you're Gojo Satoru? Or are you Gojo Satoru because you're the strongest?”
― Gege Akutami, 呪術廻戦 9 [Jujutsu Kaisen 9]

“Where moderate effort will suffice, use moderate effort.”
― Gege Akutami, Jujutsu Kaisen Vol 1-5 Books Collection Set

“Being a child is not a sin.”
― Gege Akutami, TVアニメ『呪術廻戦』1st season コンプリートブック

“My One and Only”
― Gege Akutami, 呪術廻戦 0 東京都立呪術高等専門学校 [Jujutsu Kaisen 0 Tōkyō Toritsu Jujutsu Kōtō Senmon Gakkō]

“Some people cannot be helped.
As long as you're in this business, there will come a day when you will also have to kill someone.
But today is not that day.
Please understand.
Being a child is by no means a crime.”
― Gege Akutami, 呪術廻戦 3 [Jujutsu Kaisen 3]

“Do not pity yourself. If you wallow in self-pity, life will be an endless nightmare.”
― Kafka Asagiri, 文豪ストレイドッグス 7 [Bungō Stray Dogs 7]

“Be on the side that saves people. If both sides are the same, then choose to become a good person...You might not see a great difference between right and wrong, but saving others is something just a bit more wonderful.”
― Kafka Asagiri

“You sound like you're certain he's human."

"I am." Dazai sighed, smiling. "There's no way I could hate a man-made character string this much.”
― Kafka Asagiri, 文豪ストレイドッグス ＳＴＯＲＭ ＢＲＩＮＧＥＲ [Bungō Stray Dogs: Storm Bringer]

“I won't go back to the darkness! I am going to live! Is it really so wrong of me to want to live?!”
― Kafka Asagiri, 文豪ストレイドッグス 55Minutes [Bungō Stray Dogs 55 Minutes]

“He had British features.”
― Kafka Asagiri, 文豪ストレイドッグス 55Minutes [Bungō Stray Dogs 55 Minutes]

“Even Dazai had forgotten to breathe as he watched the storm that was Chuuya decimate the battlefield.”
― Kafka Asagiri, Bungo Stray Dogs, Vol. 7 (light novel): Dazai, Chuuya, Age Fifteen

“Not a single soul opened their mouth as their eyes were glued to the stage. They forgot to make expressions. They even forgot who they were as they gazed intently at the play. The power of performance was making the audience forget they were there—taking them somewhere far away.”
― Kafka Asagiri, 文豪ストレイドッグス 探偵社設立秘話 [Bungō Stray Dogs Tanteisha Setsuritsu Hiwa]

“I had no idea what [Chuuya] was talking about... I thought he was just crazy. That's when he said, "Tell me what that square thing is in your hand. Right now."

Shirase lifted his gaze and idly stared into the distance. "I was holding a slice of bread.”
― Kafka Asagiri, 文豪ストレイドッグス ＳＴＯＲＭ ＢＲＩＮＧＥＲ [Bungō Stray Dogs: Storm Bringer]

“You could shine a light in Dazai’s left ear and see it come out the right.”
― Kafka Asagiri, Bungo Stray Dogs, Vol. 1 light novel: Osamu Dazai's Entrance Exam

“Then why did he kill them?" Chuuya's tone gradually sharpened like a gemstone on the verge of cracking.

"I believe verbalizing the answer would be meaningless."

"Answer me!" shouted Chuuya, still staring at the floor. "You're a machine, aren't you? Then give me a perfect, objective answer!

Adam remained silent for a few seconds with a blank look on his face, much like how a human being would hesitate. However, he eventually replied: "Because of you, Chuuya.”
― Kafka Asagiri, 文豪ストレイドッグス ＳＴＯＲＭ ＢＲＩＮＧＥＲ [Bungō Stray Dogs: Storm Bringer]

“Chuuya Nakahara does not dream.
His awakening was similar to muddy bubbles rising to the surface. [...] Chuuya sat up. He was sweating a little around his chest, a reminder of some sort of violent emotion that had swirled around inside of him like a whirlpool in the sea. But what that emotion was, he couldn't remember. That always seemed to be the case, these days.”
― Kafka Asagiri, 文豪ストレイドッグス ＳＴＯＲＭ ＢＲＩＮＧＥＲ [Bungō Stray Dogs: Storm Bringer]

“Piano Man, Iceman, Albatross, Doc. They were all dead”
― Kafka Asagiri, 文豪ストレイドッグス ＳＴＯＲＭ ＢＲＩＮＧＥＲ [Bungō Stray Dogs: Storm Bringer]

“I'm sorry, Chuuya... He got me... I can't see... I can't even feel my legs anymore."

Albatross gurgled in a whisper. His eyes were no longer seeing the world of the living. His legs were crushed from the knees down as well.”
― Kafka Asagiri, 文豪ストレイドッグス ＳＴＯＲＭ ＢＲＩＮＧＥＲ [Bungō Stray Dogs: Storm Bringer]

“O grantors of dark disgrace...." Chuuya's lips moved almost automatically. The drugs were taking effect, and his eyes were having trouble staying focused. They were the eyes of someone who didn't know what he was saying. [...] "Do not wake..." Chuuya continued. "Who... am I...?”
― Kafka Asagiri, 文豪ストレイドッグス ＳＴＯＲＭ ＢＲＩＮＧＥＲ [Bungō Stray Dogs: Storm Bringer]

“This isn’t a present. This is a flag. Ever since the days of ancient Rome, there has only been one reason to raise a flag: to tell people, ‘We are here, and we are the chosen ones.’ If any one of the six of us is ever in trouble, you remember that flag and gather under it. We’re counting on you.”
― Kafka Asagiri, 文豪ストレイドッグス ＳＴＯＲＭ ＢＲＩＮＧＥＲ [Bungō Stray Dogs: Storm Bringer]

“It was hard to describe Master Chuuya’s expression then with only a single word. To be specific, he looked like he wanted to smack Shirase in the head with a hammer, but he didn’t have a hammer on him, and he didn’t want to have to use his bare hands, either. It was a fantastic expression, so I took a picture and saved it in the folder titled FAVORITES in my storage.”
― Kafka Asagiri, 文豪ストレイドッグス ＳＴＯＲＭ ＢＲＩＮＧＥＲ [Bungō Stray Dogs: Storm Bringer]

“You didn’t like the birthday present I gave you.” Rimbaud smiled apologetically. “So I’m giving this to you instead, as a replacement. Happy birthday, Paul. I’m glad you were born—and I’m so glad I got to meet you.”
― Kafka Asagiri, 文豪ストレイドッグス ＳＴＯＲＭ ＢＲＩＮＧＥＲ [Bungō Stray Dogs: Storm Bringer]

“Why do people write? Because inside a story, you can see those you want to any time.”
― Kafka Asagiri, 文豪ストレイドッグス 18 [Bungō Stray Dogs 18]

“I think we ought to read only the kind of books that wound or stab us. If the book we're reading doesn't wake us up with a blow to the head, what are we reading for? So that it will make us happy, as you write? Good Lord, we would be happy precisely if we had no books, and the kind of books that make us happy are the kind we could write ourselves if we had to. But we need books that affect us like a disaster, that grieve us deeply, like the death of someone we loved more than ourselves, like being banished into forests far from everyone, like a suicide. A book must be the axe for the frozen sea within us. That is my belief.”
― Franz Kafka

“I cannot make you understand. I cannot make anyone understand what is happening inside me. I cannot even explain it to myself.”
― Franz Kafka, The Metamorphosis

“All language is but a poor translation.”
― Franz Kafka

“Yours

(now I'm even losing my name - it was getting shorter and shorter all the time and is now: Yours)”
― Franz Kafka, Letters to Milena

“Dear Milena,
I wish the world were ending tomorrow. Then I could take the next train, arrive at your doorstep in Vienna, and say: “Come with me, Milena. We are going to love each other without scruples or fear or restraint. Because the world is ending tomorrow.” Perhaps we don’t love unreasonably because we think we have time, or have to reckon with time. But what if we don't have time? Or what if time, as we know it, is irrelevant? Ah, if only the world were ending tomorrow. We could help each other very much.”
― Franz Kafka, Letters to Milena

“That is part of the beauty of all literature. You discover that your longings are universal longings, that you're not lonely and isolated from anyone. You belong.”
― F. Scott Fitzgerald