“People speak sometimes about the "bestial" cruelty of man, but that is terribly unjust and offensive to beasts, no animal could ever be so cruel as a man, so artfully, so artistically cruel.”
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“The thought of dying has never bothered me, but getting hurt, losing blood, becoming crippled and the like—no thanks.”
― No Longer Human
― No Longer Human
“But how could you live and have no story to tell?”
― White Nights
― White Nights
“I am afraid because I can so clearly foresee my own life rotting away of itself, like a leaf that rots without falling, while I pursue my round of existence from day to day.”
― The Setting Sun
― The Setting Sun
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