Unhappiness. There are all kinds of unhappy people in the world. I suppose it would be no exaggeration to say that the world is composed entirely of unhappy people. But those people can fight their unhappiness with society fairly and squarly, and society for its part easily understands and sympathizes with such struggles. My unhappiness stemmed entirely from my own vices, and I had no way of fighting anybody.
Now even if I die, no one will be so grieved as to do himself bodily harm. - Osamu Dazai
Now even if I die, no one will be so grieved as to do himself bodily harm.
- Osamu Dazai
I like roses best. But they bloom in all four seasons. I wonder if people who like roses best have to die four times over again. - Osamu Dazai
I like roses best. But they bloom in all four seasons. I wonder if people who like roses best have to die four times over again.
Addiction is perhaps a sickness of the spirit. - Osamu Dazai
Addiction is perhaps a sickness of the spirit.
For someone like myself in whom the ability to trust others is so cracked and broken that I am wretchedly timid and am forever trying to read the exp… - Osamu Dazai
For someone like myself in whom the ability to trust others is so cracked and broken that I am wretchedly timid and am forever trying to read the exp…
The real things are apt to be deviant. - Osamu Dazai
The real things are apt to be deviant.
The weak fear happiness itself. - Osamu Dazai
The weak fear happiness itself.
I must go on living. And, though it may be childish of me, I can't go on in simple compliance. From now on I must struggle with the world. I thought … - Osamu Dazai
I must go on living. And, though it may be childish of me, I can't go on in simple compliance. From now on I must struggle with the world. I thought …
It would seem that the more irresponsible and crafty one is, the more likely one is to have a talent for storytelling. - Osamu Dazai
It would seem that the more irresponsible and crafty one is, the more likely one is to have a talent for storytelling.
What uneasiness lies in being loved. - Osamu Dazai
What uneasiness lies in being loved.
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