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Ryūnosuke Akutagawa Quotes

1892–1927 Japan

Ryūnosuke Akutagawa (1 March 1892 – 24 July 1927) was a Japanese writer.

Japan
Short story writers

Also known as: Ryunosuke Akutagawa

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Truly, human life is as ephemeral as dew and as brief as lightning.

In a Grove (1922)

A man sometimes devotes his life to a desire which he is not sure will ever be fulfilled. Those who laugh at this folly are, after all, no more than mere spectators of life.

Yam Gruel (1916)

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