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Osamu Dazai Quotes

1909–1948

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If ever I meet someone society has designated as an outcast, I invariably feel affection for him, an emotion which carries me away in melting tenderness.

I wonder if I have ever actually been happy.

Really, I don't know which is the true me.

Haven’t we known for a long time that it’s a mistake to attach meaning to each and every action of a person? Forced explanations often end in a distortion of lies.

Living itself is the source of sin.

I came down with a serious illness.

I despised him as one fit only for amusement, a man with whom I associated for that sole purpose.

It isn't that I dislike artists, but I can't stand anyone who puts on those ponderous airs of a man of character.

That is the only pleasant memory I have of the war. What a dreary business the war was.

Women found in me a man who could keep a love secret.

Despair is impossible in humans. They often are deceived by hope, but are also deceived by the notion of despair.

When you've got the devil's own luck, you're immune from the usual run of disasters. Such people must be utilized.

She must be unhappy too. Unhappy people are sensitive to the unhappiness of others.

It was a laugh that enabled me to catch a glimpse of the very nadir of adult life.

Some nights I saw these imbecile, lunatic prostitutes with the halo of Mary.

I want to spend my time with people who don't look to be respected. But such good people won't want to spend their time with me.

Man boasts of being the lord of all creation, but it would seem as if essentially he does not differ in the least from other animals.

But happiness is being able to hope, however faintly, for happiness. So, at least, we must believe if we are to live in the world of today.

Mornings are grey. Always the same. Absolutely empty.

It is painful for the plant which is myself to live in the atmosphere and light of this world. Somewhere an element is lacking which would permit me to continue.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Osamu Dazai (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.