Yukito Ayatsuji Quotes

Source: The Decagon House Murders

“His silence made even the white mask seem melancholic.”

Source: The Mill House Murders

“Nevertheless, the conventional approach would never have satisfied his emotions. Emotions? No, nothing as shallow as that. Absolutely not. This was not just some powerful feeling within him. It was the cry of his soul, his last tie to life, his reason for living.”

Life Soul Feelings Emotions Reason To Live Yukito Ayatsuji The Decagon House Murders

Book:The Decagon House Murders

Source: The Decagon House Murders

“I know Man will never become a god. And precisely because he understood that he did not want to leave the final judgement to a human to make. It didn't matter where the bottle ended up. He just wanted to pose the question to the sea- the source of all life- whether, ultimately, he was right or not.”

Fate Sea The Decagon House Murders

Book:The Decagon House Murders

Source: The Decagon House Murders

“A cold death mask worn by a living man.”

Living Mask Yukito Ayatsuji Death Mask

Book:The Mill House Murders

Source: The Mill House Murders

“He had been suffering for months. He had been brooding for weeks. He had been thinking about just one thing for days. And now his mind was focusing on one single, clearly defined goal.”

Thinking Suffering Goal Planning Yukito Ayatsuji The Decagon House Murders

Book:The Decagon House Murders

Source: The Decagon House Murders

“The frantic storm continued to rage around the house as I moved down the gloomy gallery. The sound of the wind and rain were joined by the crashing of the mill wheels, turning monotonously yet faster than usual. It sounded like the beating heart of the house.”

Heart House Storm Gloom Frantic Yukito Ayatsuji Beating Heart Mill Wheels

Book:The Mill House Murders

Source: The Mill House Murders

“It sounded like the beating heart of the house.”

Heart House Sound Yukito Ayatsuji Beating Heart

Book:The Mill House Murders

Source: The Mill House Murders

“You shouldn't lie to me,' I said finally, with an aching heart.”

Heart Lie Yukito Ayatsuji Aching Heart

Book:The Mill House Murders

Source: The Mill House Murders

“In the end, people are only able to think and feel within the limits of the "system", the specific culture of the society they belong to. Notions like artistic value and beauty are inevitably shackled by that system, and even the words we use are dictated by it.”

Culture Beauty Insightful System Systems Thinking Culture Quotes Beauty Quotations

Book:The Mill House Murders

Source: The Mill House Murders

“But the face she had just washed, looking back at her in the mirror... It wasn't beautiful. Not a hint of dignity. Nothing to save her.”

Beautiful Dignity Face Mirror Yukito Ayatsuji The Decagon House Murders

Book:The Decagon House Murders

Source: The Decagon House Murders

“The waves washing the cliffs at his feet also washed his mind. Every time a fragment of memory appeared, the waves immediately took it away.”

Memory Cliffs Waves Yukito Ayatsuji Fragment The Decagon House Murders

Book:The Decagon House Murders

Source: The Decagon House Murders

“There was another flash outside, followed after a while by a clap of thunder. It was almost as if the weather was mocking our melodrama.”

Weather Flash Thunder Melodrama Thunderstorm Yukito Ayatsuji

Book:The Mill House Murders

Source: The Mill House Murders

“... No.' She had said the word very faintly, but I heard it clearly. She had wilfully lied to me. I didn't know what to think.”

Thinking Lie No Faint Yukito Ayatsuji Wilful

Book:The Mill House Murders

Source: The Mill House Murders

“What mystery novels need are – some might call me old-fashioned – a great detective, a mansion, a shady cast of residents, bloody murders, impossible crimes and never-before-seen tricks played by the murderer. Call it my castle in the sky, but I’m happy as long as I can enjoy such a world. But always in an intellectual manner.”

Detective Fiction Murder Mysteries The Decagon House Murders Mystery Genre

Book:The Decagon House Murders

Source: The Decagon House Murders

“And how could anyone who was not a god predict the future, shaped as it was by human psychology, human behaviour and pure chance?”

God Chance Future Human Behavior Yukito Ayatsuji Human Psychology The Decagon House Murders

Book:The Decagon House Murders

Source: The Decagon House Murders

“No moonlight came in from the skylight.”

Moonlight Yukito Ayatsuji The Decagon House Murders Skylight

Book:The Decagon House Murders

Source: The Decagon House Murders

“She didn't care how the others looked at her any more. All she had on her mind was what she could see in the mirror.”

Mirror Yukito Ayatsuji The Decagon House Murders

Book:The Decagon House Murders

Source: The Decagon House Murders

“An indescribable, inescapable shiver welled up from deep within and ran through my whole being.”

Shiver Yukito Ayatsuji

Book:The Mill House Murders

Source: The Mill House Murders

“I placed my pipe on its stand and started getting dressed. I took my pyjamas off, put on a shirt and trousers, and a dressing gown on top. When I had managed to do all of this, I put the cotton gloves on both my hands. And finally, it was time to put on my face. My mask.”

Mask Face Yukito Ayatsuji

Book:The Mill House Murders

Source: The Mill House Murders

“He cursed the storm that had upset his peaceful life.”

Storm Cursing Peaceful Life Yukito Ayatsuji

Book:The Mill House Murders

Source: The Mill House Murders

“She raised her face slightly. Terrified eyed looked at me from behind the veil of her hair.”

Hair Terrified Face Veil Yukito Ayatsuji Yurie

Book:The Mill House Murders

Source: The Mill House Murders

“Yes. I sometimes feel like that when I read the stories you write for the club magazine. You're always so lively and bright in your own stories.' 'Because that's a made-up world.' Orczy turned away from Agatha's gaze and smiled awkwardly. 'I'm not so good with reality. I'm not really very keen on my real self.”

Reality Lively Real Self Yukito Ayatsuji Agatha The Decagon House Murders Made Up Orczy

Book:The Decagon House Murders

Source: The Decagon House Murders

“No sense of reality.”

Reality Yukito Ayatsuji The Decagon House Murders Sense Of Reality

Book:The Decagon House Murders

Source: The Decagon House Murders

“In the gloomy darkness, I revealed my accursed face.”

Darkness Revealing Face Gloomy Yukito Ayatsuji Accursed

Book:The Mill House Murders

Source: The Mill House Murders

“The sea at night. A time of peace.”

Night Peace Sea Yukito Ayatsuji The Decagon House Murders

Book:The Decagon House Murders

Source: The Decagon House Murders

“The sea at dusk. A time of peace.”

Peace Sea Dusk Yukito Ayatsuji The Decagon House Murders

Book:The Decagon House Murders

Source: The Decagon House Murders

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