Hale

“But what all of them were writing about were merely certainties. Impersonal things, things lacking depth. They were far removed from anything like real hopes or ambitions. Basically, uninspired things. They were criticisms, yes, but not actually things that had any positive bearing on my life. There was no introspection. No real self-awareness, self-regard, or self-respect. It may require courage to say what they said, but were they really able to take responsibility for the consequences? They may adapt their lifestyle to their environment, and may be capable of processing this but there's no true attachment to the self or to that particular lifestyle. There's no real sense of humility. A scarcity of creativity. Only mimicry. Any sense of innate "love" was simply lacking. They may put on airs but they had no dignity. Instead, all they did was write. It was really quite startling as I read. There was no denying it.”
― Osamu Dazai, Schoolgirl

“-Bu köşk için cinli perili dediler de korkuyorum.
-Aman düşündüğün şeye bak! Bu dünyada hiç perisiz yer olur mu? İki gözüm onlar iyi saatte olsunlar, nerede yok ki burada olmasınlar...”
― Hüseyin Rahmi Gürpınar

“Öldürdükleri hizmetçilerden birinin kemikleri bulundu. Allah rahmet eylesin, pek semiz, yağlı bir kadındı. Testi kebabı yapmışlar...”
― Hüseyin Rahmi Gürpınar, Gulyabani

“Nangong Jingnu and Qi Yan were truly a fine match. It was just a shame that the element for Qiyan Agula, the Prince of the grass plains, was a life of heavenly river water. Water and fire cannot coexist. There is no rest until death...”
― 请君莫笑, 泾渭情殇 [Jīng Wèi Qíng Shāng]