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“They were happy, the two of them. I'd been a fool to come between them. I might destroy them both if I were not careful. A humble happiness. A good mother and child. God, I thought, if you listen to the prayers of people like myself, grant me happiness once, only once in my whole lifetime will be enough! Hear my prayer!”
― No Longer Human
― No Longer Human
“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.”
― No Longer Human
― No Longer Human
“Isn’t it said that memories only grow more beautiful with time?”
― Otogizōshi: The Fairy Tale Book of Dazai Osamu
― Otogizōshi: The Fairy Tale Book of Dazai Osamu
“If it failed I had no choice but to hang myself, a resolve which was tantamount to a bet on the existence of God.”
― No Longer Human
― No Longer Human
“Most drinkers are lonely men, isolated in their own homes. To ask whether they drink because they’re isolated or isolated because the rest of the family disapprove of their drinking would be like clapping and trying to decide which hand made the sound—it can only lead to a lot of vain quibbling.”
― Otogizōshi: The Fairy Tale Book of Dazai Osamu
― Otogizōshi: The Fairy Tale Book of Dazai Osamu
Shelly’s 2024 Year in Books
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