Sign in with Facebook
![おやすみプンプン 1 [Oyasumi Punpun 1] by Inio Asano](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1452436525l/2043575._SX50_.jpg "おやすみプンプン 1 [Oyasumi Punpun 1] by Inio Asano")
![ハピネス 1 [Happiness 1] by Shuzo Oshimi](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1441561385l/26238503._SX50_.jpg "ハピネス 1 [Happiness 1] by Shuzo Oshimi")
“I was frightened even by God. I could not believe in His love, only in His punishment. Faith. That, I felt, was the act of facing the tribunal of justice with one’s head bowed to receive the scourge of God. I could believe in hell, but it was impossible for me to believe in the existence of heaven.”
― No Longer Human
― No Longer Human
“In my case such an expression as 'to be fallen for' or even 'to be loved' is not in the least appropriate; perhaps it describes the situation more accurately to say that I was 'looked after.”
― No Longer Human
― No Longer Human
“I am convinced that human life is filled with many pure, happy, serene examples of insincerity, truly splendid of their kind-of people deceiving one another without (strangely enough) any wounds being inflicted, of people who seem unaware even that they are deceiving one another.”
― No Longer Human
― No Longer Human
“For someone like myself in whom the ability to trust others is so cracked and broken that I am wretchedly timid and am forever trying to read the expression on people's faces.”
― No Longer Human
― No Longer Human
rDec123’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at rDec123’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
Favorite Genres
Polls voted on by rDec123
Lists liked by rDec123
