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I ran for all I was worth, radiant at the thought that I was leaving all behind and going to the salvation of death.

— Kaneko Fumiko The Prison Memoirs of a Japanese Woman (1991)

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Every joy that some experience is paid for by the sorrow of others.

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My presence will shortly be effaced from this earth. I believe, however, that every phenomenon continues as such to exist in eternal actuality even though it be physically obliterated.

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They say that sincerity moves heaven.

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I felt at that moment as if my one remaining lifeline had been severed. I was plunged into an abyss of despair where even tears were irrelevant.

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The judges, those respectable officials, flip through law books and hand down arbitrary judgments on human actions, alienating themselves from human lives, denying even their humanity as they undertake their duty as protectors of authority.

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