“He stood up tall and started a speech of his own.
'You can count on me, Takeo Kimura. Until a new day dawns on Saeki's-'
'Thanks, Kumamoto, that'll do.'
My patience had evaporated.”
― The Beggar Student
'You can count on me, Takeo Kimura. Until a new day dawns on Saeki's-'
'Thanks, Kumamoto, that'll do.'
My patience had evaporated.”
― The Beggar Student
“Rather than working and becoming a socially responsible person, rather than listening to my wife's lectures, I wanted to be as idle as the idlest animal on earth. I wanted to cast off as much as possible the meaningless mask of humanity.
I was shy of human society. I was shy of life. Everything was strange and unfamiliar to me.”
― The Wings
I was shy of human society. I was shy of life. Everything was strange and unfamiliar to me.”
― The Wings
“Although I had a moral dread of human beings I seemed quite unable to renounce their society. I managed to maintain on the surface a smile which never deserted my lips; this was the accommodation I offered to others, a most precarious achievement preformed by me only at the cost of excruciating efforts within.”
― No Longer Human
― No Longer Human
“Thank God!' said he. 'At least Thou strikest me alone!”
― The Count of Monte Cristo
― The Count of Monte Cristo
“I've been trying to take care good care of myself, but the most that I can show for it is daily rubdowns with cold water. Yet, I assure you, for a knave like me, this is a major undertaking.”
― The Beggar Student
― The Beggar Student
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