“The words of your past are fundamentally unrelated to who you are now.”Ryuunosuke Akutagawa—Bungo Stray Dogs 2000
“Stop pitying yourself. Pity yourself, and life becomes an endless nightmare.”Osamu Dazai—Bungo Stray Dogs 2000
“Anything I would never want to lose is always lost. It is a given that everything that is worth wanting will be lost the moment I obtain it. There's nothing worth pursuing at the cost of prolonging a life of suffering.”Osamu Dazai—Bungo Stray Dogs 2000
“Man fears death and yet, at the same time, man is drawn to death. Death is endlessly consumed by men in cities and in literature. It is a singular event in one's life that none may reverse. That is what I desire.”Osamu Dazai—Bungo Stray Dogs 2000