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[Poetry] is the voice of a blue heron calling in the marshes of life, the sound of a wind darkly whispering over the reeds on a moonlit night.

— Sakutarō Hagiwara Cat Town (2014)

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Poetry is neither a mystery nor a symbol nor a demon. Poetry is nothing more than a lonely consolation for the owner of a sickly soul and a man of solitude.

Cat Town (2014)

Why can't one love with one's body those whom one loves with one's heart?

Cat Town (2014)

A person, individually, is always terribly lonely forever and ever.

Cat Town (2014)

Suppose a mechanical man has a feeling? It will be nothing but boundless sorrow.

Cat Town (2014)

When I think of poetry, I become teary, without meaning to, because of the wretchedness of human sentiments.

Cat Town (2014)

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