“You see, loneliness is the price we have to pay for being born in this modern age, so full of freedom, independence, and our own egoistical selves.”
― Kokoro
― Kokoro
“I don't know if you've ever noticed this, but first impressions are often entirely wrong.”
― The Bad Beginning
― The Bad Beginning
“Your brand of comfort bears some similarity to your tactical offense.”
― Graceling
― Graceling
“It is not you in particular that I distrust, but the whole of humanity.”
― Kokoro
― Kokoro
“As long as I can make them laugh, it doesn’t matter how, I’ll be all right. If I succeed in that, the human beings probably won’t mind it too much I remain outside their lives.”
― No Longer Human
― No Longer Human
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