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Mornings are grey. Always the same. Absolutely empty. Lying in bed each morning, I'm always so pessimistic. It's awful, really. All kinds of terrible regrets converge at once in my mind, and my heart stops up as I writhe in agony. Mornings
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“I wonder if there is anyone who is not depraved. A wearisome thought.
I want money. Unless I have it....
In my sleep, a natural death!”
― The Setting Sun
I want money. Unless I have it....
In my sleep, a natural death!”
― The Setting Sun
“Even those people who have no sorrow of their own often feel melancholy from the circumstances in which they are placed.”
― The Tale of Genji
― The Tale of Genji
“I think there's nothing more worthless than this so-called worldly experience. All it can do is cause pain.”
― And Then
― And Then
“You are here to remind me of someone I long for, and what is it you long for yourself? We must have been together in an earlier life, you and I.”
― The Tale of Genji
― The Tale of Genji
“I drink out of desperation. Life is too dreary to endure. The misery, loneliness, crampedness — they're heartbreaking.[...] What feelings do you suppose a man has when he realizes that he will never know happiness or glory as long as he lives? Hard work. All that amounts to is food for the wild beasts of hunger.”
― The Setting Sun
― The Setting Sun
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