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“Living as I do with human beings, the more that I observe them, the more I am forced to conclude that they are selfish.”

Living Life And Living Human Selfish Observe

Book:I Am a Cat

Source: I Am a Cat

“I may be someone who was always destined to spend my life wandering aimlessly. I can’t settle down. The cruel part is, I want to settle down and the world won’t let me. So what choice do I have but to become a fugitive?”

Society Living Settling Down

Book:Light and Darkness

Source: Light and Darkness

“People may make fun of me because I’m wearing something odd, but it’s still good to be alive.”

Society Living Conventions Human Condition

Author:Natsume Sōseki

“There was nothing so very unfamiliar about the excitement she was feeling, and yet it felt always like a new excitement. It was, in other words, a perennially unfamiliar feeling.”

Feelings Living Excitement

Book:Light and Darkness

Source: Light and Darkness

“He seemed to become aware of a dark, imponderable force pushing him left when he meant to go right or pulling him back when he meant to go forward. Until that moment, he would have felt certain that his actions had never been subject to restraint by others. He had been certain that he did whatever he did of his own accord, that everything he said he intended to say.”

Living Reflection Will Difficulties

Book:Light and Darkness

Source: Light and Darkness

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