“I thought about my death. It was not just a matter of stopping. It would be a parting from all there was in this world, even a parting from myself. And this would still be true no matter how much I loved something. This is what made death so terribly sad.” LoveDeathSad Book:Zoo Source: Zoo
“My relationship with him was defined by these complex emotions, this mixture of gratitude and resentment.” HumanityRelationshipsGratitudeEmotionsAffectionComplicatedResentmentRobotsComplexComplicated RelationshipComplicated Relationships Book:Zoo Source: Zoo
“But when emotions get strong, humans have to do something. Some people encase their emotions by playing or exercising, whereas others calm their emotions by breaking things. People in the latter group could let their feelings out just by breaking furniture or the like. But Morino was unable to direct those feelings outward, so she'd directed them at herself.” EmotionsControlMangaJapanese LiteratureGothInner ThoughtsSuppressing Emotions Book:Goth Source: Goth
“By understanding the value system the world preferred, remembering and feigning it, I was able to convince others that I was free of problems. I simply had to participate enthusiastically in the boring conversations my classmates were having.” MaskJapanese LiteratureGothInner Thoughts Book:Goth Source: Goth
“What does the kidnapper do with those things?" "Those things?" "You know, the stinky things with four legs that make a lot of noise." Did she mean the dogs?” DogsStinkDog Humor Book:Goth Source: Goth
“Strange combination, isn't it--gratitude and resentment? But this is the way I think. Actually, I think everybody thinks that way. Even the children of the humans who died long ago, I think they lived their lives holding similar contradictory thoughts about their parents. They were raised to learn about love and death, and they lived out their lives passing from the sunny spots to the shady spots of this world.” ThinkingWorldWayHumansChildrenLongParentThis WorldStrangeGratitudeDiedRaisedPassingPassingsSpotsCombinationResentmentLong AgoContradictorySunnyShadyLove And Death Author:Otsuichi
“When I can't sleep, I always wrap something around my neck and close my eyes and imagine myself being strangled to death. Then I can fall asleep--it feels like sinking deep underwater” FeelsI CanEyeFallSleepImagineNecksWrapsSinkingCan't SleepUnderwaterI Can't Sleep Author:Otsuichi
“The more one loves, the heavier the meaning of death becomes, and the deeper the sense of loss. Love and death are not different things, they are the front and back of the same thing.” DifferentLossFrontsDeeperDifferent ThingsOne LoveLove And DeathLove Loss Author:Otsuichi
