“When we were still in the world of living, death was something that came indiscriminately and randomly. So, there was no way to fight it.”
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“When we were still in the world of living, death was something that came indiscriminately and randomly. So, there was no way to fight it.”
““Expectations” are what you have when you have given up. Expectations are born from a despairingly large difference in skill.”
“This world is merciless, and it's also very beautiful.”
“I've learned that from a war ignited by revenge, nothing can be born, but sorrow.”
“I'll never dream about things that I know won't come true.”
“I thought growing older would turn me into an adult. I believed I'd find work, get married, and become an adult. But none of those things have happened. Even though I've grown older, I feel like nothing's changed.”
“People like us aren't qualified to be involved in a dramatic incident such as a suicide. No matter how depressed you are or how much pain you're in, you have to return to your routine, daily life. Even if you don't come back, you'll just end up dying in vain. A dramatic death isn't befitting of us.”
“"You can't run away" is an ideal for the strong. You're not always wrong. Society, the world, the people around you - often someone else is in the wrong. To think that you can change is adapting to this cruel, indifferent, trashy world. It's admitting defeat and servility. You're simply deceiving yourself by dressing it up with pretty words.”
“Tomorrow's promise will never come. I wonder how many of tomorrow's promises have disappeared as though they have never existed.”
“People who've lost their dreams, don't need a place to go.”
“What's the point of something that disappears as soon as it's born?”
“If you ever reach the point where you need to pray, you're already a failure of a man.”
“Being alone is best. I mean, it's true, isn't it? In the end you'll be absolutely alone; therefore, being alone is natural. If you accept that, nothing bad can happen. That's why I shut myself away in my six-mat one-room apartment.”
“Fear beyond rational limits, forces people to cling to normality.”
“The death of a culture, is the death of a people.”
“War brings death. And wounds and pain to both sides. There's nothing harder to accept, than the deaths of those you love. So you believe they could never die. Especially those who haven't known war.”
“There are a few things that people can't avoid while they live. People can't avoid misfortune. There are lots of hard things in life. There might even be times when you want to die.”
“No... this is wrong! Didn't I fall into hell? This can't be hell! Surrendering my body to the devil, I should have become a wrinkled hag! My hair should be full of hateful snakes, my skin should be the color of a vile frog's! And my blood should be burning with the jet black flames of my grudge..! A lie. This form, it's a lie! I've been tricked! I wanted to become a terrifying woman, one that just a look from, would send anyone running. I have to be such a woman! I don't want to forget my anger and hate!”
“Because of our broken instincts, we are in pain. We continue living in pain, because our instincts have been twisted by reason. So, what are we supposed to do? Should we abandon knowledge? Throw away reason? In any event, that wouldn't be possible. For better or for worse, we ate the fruit of knowledge long, long ago.”
“That's all I wanted to say. There is nothing at the end of helping people. It is a false life that can save neither yourself nor others.”