“It is not worth the bother of killing yourself, since you always kill yourself too late.”
― The Trouble With Being Born
― The Trouble With Being Born
“What transforms this world is — knowledge. Do you see what I mean? Nothing else can change anything in this world. Knowledge alone is capable of transforming the world, while at the same time leaving it exactly as it is. When you look at the world with knowledge, you realize that things are unchangeable and at the same time are constantly being transformed.”
― The Temple of the Golden Pavilion
― The Temple of the Golden Pavilion
“Reality is not an inspiration for literature. At its best, literature is an inspiration for reality.”
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“The weak fear happiness itself. They can harm themselves on cotton wool. Sometimes they are wounded even by happiness”
― No Longer Human
― No Longer Human
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