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“Emotions are at the very center of our existence, but they aren't the center of the world. There's nothing at the center of the world. So don't let your emotions control you, Akutagawa. Do not pursue the beast within you. Stand on your own two feet, rely only on yourself, and be as cold and tough as you can. You won't be able to survive in this world otherwise.”
― Kafka Asagiri, 文豪ストレイドッグス　ＢＥＡＳＴ

“Why do people write? Because inside a story, you can see those you want to any time.”
― Kafka Asagiri, 文豪ストレイドッグス 18 [Bungō Stray Dogs 18]

“Then he would lean back in his chair and match the tips of his fingers together in a little steeple and tell me why I couldn't sleep and why I couldn't read and why I couldn't eat and why everything everyone did seem so silly, because they only died in the end.”
― Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar

“Come on... Someone tell me. Is the common man not allowed to protect what he holds dear?”
― Kafka Asagiri, 文豪ストレイドッグス 18 [Bungō Stray Dogs 18]