"The weak fear happiness itself. They can harm themselves on cotton wool. Sometimes they are wounded even by happiness"

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Source : Osamu Dazai (1973). “No Longer Human”, p.81, New Directions Publishing

Osamu Dazai

#Wool Quotes #Cotton Quotes #Sometimes Quotes

“I will never slide, never fall, never fail.”

Source : Song: Keep On Keepin' On, Album: Absolute Power
“It is the heart that sees the primordial eternity of every creature.”

Source : Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee (2009). “The Return of the Feminine and the World Soul”, p.194, The Golden Sufi Center
“In loneliness, in sickness, in confusion-the mere knowledge of friendship makes it possible to endure, even if the friend is powerless to help. It is enough that they exist. Friendship is not diminished by distance or time, by imprisonment or war, by suffering or silence. It is in these things that it roots most deeply. It is from these things that it flowers.”
“The devil sees nothing more abominable than a truly humble christian, for [that Christian] is just the opposite of [the devil's] own image”
“I've given my life to the principle and the ideal of memory, and remembrance.”
“And I'm suppose to sit by while you date boys and fall in love with someone else, get married...?" His voice tightened. "And meanwhile, I'll die a little bit more every day, watching.”
“Heroes didn't win. The heroes were whoever happened to win. History told their story -- the dead didn't say a word. All of it was bullshit.”
“Maybe it's every kid's dream to go into a pod and come out looking like Captain America. And you don't even have to exercise or lift weights! It's great!”

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