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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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“I yearned for everything long gone.”

Sadness Longing Osamu Dazai

Book:Schoolgirl

Source: Schoolgirl

“I go about saying how pained and tormented, how lonely and sad I feel, but what do I really mean by that? If I were to speak the truth, I would die.”

Sadness Loneliness

Book:Schoolgirl

Source: Schoolgirl

“I wonder if I have ever actually been happy. People have told me, really more times than I can remember, ever since I was a small boy, how lucky I was, but I have always felt as if I were suffering in hell. It has seemed to me in fact that those who called me lucky were incomparably more fortunate than I.”

Sadness Depression

Author:Osamu Dazai

“Those who wish to go on living can always manage to survive whatever obstacles there may be. That is splendid of them, and I daresay that what people call the glory of mankind is comprised of just such a thing. But I am convinced that dying is not a sin. It is painful for the plant which is myself to live in the atmosphere and light of this world. Somewhere an element is lacking which would permit me to continue. I am wanting. It has been all I could do to stay alive up to now.”

Sadness Suicide

Book:사양

Source: 사양

“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 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

“Now even if I die, no one will be so grieved as to do himself bodily harm.”

Ifs Thinking Knows Trying Believe May Joy Suffering Dies Courses I Believe Causes Sadness Sorrow Please News Harm Indulge Hateful Liberated Indulge In Sentimentality

Author:Osamu Dazai

About the Author

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

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