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“This story is not for people who are good at living. In this world, there exist people who are so good at living that they do not need a "story" at all. They are the ones who think stories are, after all, just a pastime for your hobbies, that they are not necessary for life, and therefore it is a waste to spend money on such things. I did not assume such people to be my readers from the beginning. I cut them off. On the other hand, there are certainly people who need stories like oxygen still. I always hope that Bungo Stray Dogs will become the oxygen for such people. They are the "lost ones" that Dazai talked about.”
― Kafka Asagiri

“I wanted to scream, but I had no throat. I wanted to cry, but I had no eyes. My entire body trembled so violently that it felt like it was going to shatter into a million pieces. I continued to run away from myself. But you can't run away from yourself. Nobody can.”
― Kafka Asagiri, BEAST-白の芥川、黒の敦- [BEAST - Shiro no Akutagawa, Kuro no Atsushi]

“Even Dazai had forgotten to breathe as he watched the storm that was Chuuya decimate the battlefield.”
― Kafka Asagiri, Bungo Stray Dogs, Vol. 7 (light novel): Dazai, Chuuya, Age Fifteen (Volume 7) (Bungo Stray Dogs

“It's strange… I don't feel even the least bit cold… The world I thought was so cold… Paul… Did you feel…this warmth in the end…as well…?”
― Sango Harukawa, Bungo Stray Dogs, Vol. 7 (light novel): Dazai, Chuuya, Age Fifteen (Volume 7) (Bungo Stray Dogs