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No Longer Human

Book by Osamu Dazai · 11 quotes · Depression, Humans, People

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“Tuve un sobresalto. En el fondo, Horiki no me trataba como a un ser humano sino como a un deshonrado que escapó de la muerte, un fantasma imbécil, un cadáver viviente; y su amistad sólo consistía en utilizarme al máximo para sus placeres. Por supuesto, estos pensamientos no fueron nada agradables; pero, pensándolo bien, era comprensible que Horiki me viese de esa manera, ya que desde niño era indigno de ser humano, y quizá fuera muy razonable que hasta él me despreciara.”

“Irrationality. I found the thought faintly pleasurable. Or rather, I feel at ease with it. What frightened me was the logic of the world; in it lay the foretaste of something incalculably powerful. Its mechanism was incomprehensible, and I could not possibly remain closeted in that windowless, bone-chilling room. Though outside lay the sea of irrationality, it was far more agreeable to swim in its water until presently, I drowned.”