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“Many people cycle or swim to keep trim. But if swimming is so good for the figure, how do you explain whales?”

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Charles Saatchi is a renowned British art collector, born on June 9, 1943. He is known for his passion and generosity in collecting modern art, which has had a profound impact on the art world. more

“When I pretended to be precocious, people started the rumor that I was precocious. When I acted like an idler, rumor had it I was an idler. When I pretended I couldn't write a novel, people said I couldn't write. When I acted like a liar, they called me a liar. When I acted like a rich man, they started the rumor I was rich. When I feigned indifference, they classed me as the indifferent type. But when I inadvertently groaned because I was really in pain, they started the rumor that I was faking suffering. The world is out of joint.”

People Men World Writing Said Pain Suffering Novel Rich Type Indifference Liars Indifferent Joints Rumor Rich Man Idlers Precocious

Author:Osamu Dazai

“And I was incapable of living all by myself in those lodgings where I didn't know a soul. It terrified me to sit by myself quietly in my room. I felt frightened, as if I might be set upon or struck by someone at any moment.”

Ifs Knows Soul Moments Might Felt Rooms Frightened Incapable Terrified

Book:No Longer Human

Source: No Longer Human

“At times everything grows misty and dark before my eyes, and I feel that the strength of my whole body is oozing away through my finger tips.”

Feels Whole Body Eye Grows Dark Fingers Misty

Book:The Setting Sun

Source: The Setting Sun

“Scoundrels [...] simply don't die. The ones who die are always the gentle, sweet, and beautiful people. [...] Scoundrels live a long time. The beautiful die young.”

People Long Beautiful Young Dies Sweet Long Time Gentle Scoundrels Beautiful People Die Young

Book:The Setting Sun

Source: The Setting Sun

“It isn't that I dislike artists, but I can't stand anyone who puts on those ponderous airs of a man of character.”

Men I Can Character Artist Air Dislike

Book:The Setting Sun

Source: The Setting Sun

“One day, I went to a soba restaurant outside town, and while I was waiting for the zarusoba I opened an old graph magazine. There was a picture of an exhausted, lonely kneeling woman who wore a checked patterned yukata after the tradegy of a large earthquake. With the intensity of my chest ready to burn up, I fell in love with that poor woman. I also felt a horrifying desire for her. Maybe tragedy and desire are back to back to one another.”

Desire Felt Waiting Poor Ready One Day Lonely Tragedy Towns Magazines Restaurants Chests Intensity Exhausted Earthquakes Kneeling Graphs

Author:Osamu Dazai

“I have no desire for others to take it on themselves to analyze my thoughts. I am without thoughts. I have never, not even once, acted on the basis of any doctrine or philosophy.I am convinced that those people whom the world considers good and respects are all liars and fakes. I do not trust the world.”

People World Philosophy Desire Bases Convinced Doctrine Fake Liars My Thoughts

Book:The Setting Sun

Source: The Setting Sun

“I drink out of desperation. Life is too dreary to endure. The misery, loneliness, crampedness - they're heartbreaking.[...] What feelings do you suppose a man has when he realizes that he will never know happiness or glory as long as he lives? Hard work. All that amounts to is food for the wild beasts of hunger.”

Knows Men Long Hard Feelings Life Is Realizing Loneliness Hard Work Amount Drink Glory Misery Endure Hunger Beast Desperation Heartbreaking Dreary Wild Beasts

Book:The Setting Sun

Source: The Setting Sun

“It is the second job of literature to create myth. But its first job is to destroy it.”

Firsts Jobs Literature Myth

Author:Kenzaburo Oe

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