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Osamu Dazai was a renowned Japanese author born on June 19, 1909, in Takamatsu, Shikoku, Japan. His works are known for their profound social criticism and unique literary style, with notable titles including 'The Buried Alive' and 'Fostering'. Dazai passed away on June 13, 1948.

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“[...] Just because a person has a title doesn't make him an aristocrat. Some people are great aristocrats who have no other title than the one that nature has bestowed on them, and others like us, who have nothing but titles, are closer to being pariahs than aristocrats.”

Life Wealth Poverty Society Living

Book:The Setting Sun

Source: The Setting Sun

“Anyway, you can be sure of one thing, a man's got to fake just to stay alive.”

People Life Struggle Society Living Survival Fake People Relations

Book:The Setting Sun

Source: The Setting Sun

“In our lives we know joy, anger, sorrow, and a hundred other emotions, but these emotions altogether occupy a bare one per cent of our time. The remaining ninety-nine per cent is just living in waiting.”

Life Feelings Happiness Waiting Sadness Living Emotions Patience Life And Death

Book:The Setting Sun

Source: The Setting Sun

“...I am wretchedly timid and am forever trying to read the expression on people's faces.”

Life Loneliness Depression Miserable Awkward Depressed Social Anxiety

Book:No Longer Human

Source: No Longer Human

“He could only consider me as the living corpse of a would-be suicide, a person dead to shame, an idiot ghost.”

Life Death Fear Friendship Loneliness Depression Suicide Mental Illness Suicidal Social Anxiety Social Awkwardness

Book:No Longer Human

Source: No Longer Human

“I am afraid because I can so clearly foresee my own life rotting away of itself, like a leaf that rots without falling, while I pursue my round of existence from day to day.”

Life Death Fear Sadness Dying Future Depression Living

Book:The Setting Sun

Source: The Setting Sun

“I wonder if there is anyone who is not depraved. A wearisome thought. I want money. Unless I have it.... In my sleep, a natural death!”

People Life Death Wealth Sleep Money Society Living Thoughts Suicide Mental Illness Depravity

Book:The Setting Sun

Source: The Setting Sun

“I am sure that the reason why I wept and stormed as if I had gone off my head was that the combination of physical exhaustion and my unhappiness had made me hate and resent everything.”

Life Hate Work Struggle Anger Unhappiness

Book:The Setting Sun

Source: The Setting Sun

“Even now it comes as a shock if by chance I notice in the street a face resembling someone I know however slightly, and I am at once seized by a shivering violent enough to make me dizzy.”

Life Fear Friendship Loneliness Depression Mental Illness Paranoia Friendships Human Relationships Social Anxiety Social Awkwardness

Book:No Longer Human

Source: No Longer Human

About the Author

Born: June 19, 1909
Died: June 13, 1948
Known for: Author
Quotes: 153

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