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“Am I what they call an egoist? Or am I the opposite, a man of excessively weak spirit? I really don't know myself, but since I seem in either case to be a mass of vices, I drop steadily, inevitably, into unhappiness, and I have no specific plan to stave off my descent.”
― Osamu Dazai, No Longer Human

“You’ve treated me nicely, yes, but only because you find me curious and amusing. It’s made me feel so lonely, somehow.”
― Osamu Dazai, Blue Bamboo: Japanese Tales of Fantasy

“The smile of one flower permeates those who live next to death more than the problem of life and death.”
― Osamu Dazai, パンドラの匣

“Can you no longer see a road to freedom? It's right in front of you. You need only turn over your wrists.”
― Seneca