Ori

“Art, according to him, was the revolt of humans against nature. It was none other than the expression of a human being’s dissatisfaction with the way things are and his desire to imprint his own individual personality upon nature.”
― Edogawa Rampo, Strange Tale of Panorama Island

“We spend our lives crafting masks to fit the roles we are expected to play, but in doing so, we lose sight of who we truly are.”
― Fumiko Enchi, Masks

“Being beautiful, was that for men?'
'Yes. Some women say that it is for ourselves. What on earth can we do with it? I could have loved myself whether I was hunchbacked or lame, but to be loved by others, you had to be beautiful.”
― Jacqueline Harpman, I Who Have Never Known Men

“The little lamb's eyes,
desperate for forest water,
must resemble mine.
O you whose love I long for,
how can you understand me?”
― Akiko Yosano, River of Stars: Selected Poems