Jess

“Each of us is leading a difficult life, and when we meet people we are seeing only a tiny part of the thinnest veneer of their complex, troubled existences. To practise anything other than kindness towards them, to treat them in any way save generously, is to quietly deny their humanity.”
― Derren Brown, Confessions of a Conjuror

“No matter what happens, you still get sleepy, and you still get hungry, and the sun still rises. Even if it mysteriously doesn't feel real.”
― Yun Kōga

“It is important-even necessary-for us to become acutely aware of the fact that we can't trust ourselves. The only ones you can trust to some extent are people who really know that. We had better get this straight.”
― Akutagawa Ryūnosuke

“Living itself is the source of sin.”
― Osamu Dazai, No Longer Human