Softballet

“It made me miserable that I was rapidly becoming an adult and that I was unable to do anything about it.”
― Osamu Dazai, Schoolgirl

“მარადისობის კანონის აზრი იმაში მდგომარეობს, პატივცემულო პროფესორო, რომ... ადამიანის სული გაცილებით უფრო მძიმეა, ვიდრე სხეული, იმდენად მძიმე რომ ერთ ადამიანს მისი ტარება არ შეუძლია, ამიტომ, ვიდრე ცოცხლები ვართ, ერთმანეთს ხელი უნდა შევაშველოთ და ვეცადთ, როგორმე უკვდავყოთ ერთმანეტის სული; თქვენ ჩემი, მე სხვისი, სხვამ სხვისი და ასე დაუსაბამოდ, რამეთუ იმ სხვისი გარდაცვალების შემდეგ არ დავობლდეთ და მარტონი არ დავრჩეთ ამ ქვეყანაზე...”
― Nodar Dumbadze, მარადისობის კანონი

“It is true, I suppose, that nobody finds it exactly pleasant to be criticized or shouted at, but I see in the face of the human being raging at me a wild animal in its true colors, one more horrible than any lion, crocodile or dragon. People normally seem to be hiding this true nature, but an occasion will arise (as when an ox sedately ensconced in a grassy meadow suddenly lashes out with its tail to kill the horsefly on its flank) when anger makes them reveal in a flash human nature in all its horror.”
― Osamu Dazai, No Longer Human

“Tomorrow will probably be another day like today. Happiness will never come my way. I know that. But it's probably best to go to sleep believing that it will surely come, tomorrow it will come. I purposely made a loud thump as I fell into bed. Ah, that feels good. The futon was cool, just the right temperature against my back, and it was simply delightful. Sometimes happiness arrives one night too late. The thought occurred to me as I lay there. You wait and wait for happiness, and when finally you can't bear it any longer, you rush out of the house, only to hear later that a marvelous happiness arrived the following day at the home you had abandoned, and now it was too late. Sometimes happiness arrives one night too late. Happiness... I”
― Osamu Dazai, Schoolgirl