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Osamu Dazai

"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."

-- Osamu Dazai

#Pain Quotes #Liars Quotes #Writing Quotes

“I pull my eyelashes when I'm tired or thinking - it's a nervous thing.”

Source : Interview with Rosanna Greenstreet, www.theguardian.com. September 21, 2012.
“Somewhere in the center of my soul, a rusty chain began to unwind. It freed itself, link by link, from where it had rested, unobserved, waiting for him. My hands, which had been balled up and pressed against his chest, unfurled with it. The chain continued to drop, to an unfathomable depth where there was nothing but darkness and Matthew. At last it snapped to its full length, anchoring me to a vampire. Despite the manuscript, despite the fact that my hands contained enough voltage to run a microwave, and despite the photograph, as long as I was connected to him, I was safe.”

Source : Deborah Harkness (2014). “All Souls Trilogy”, p.172, Penguin
“Marijuana is the most violence causing drug in the history of mankindMost ***** smokers are Negroes, Hispanics, Filipinos and entertainers.”
“People believe that if a hijra curses you, bad things will happen. That God Ram blessed hijras with this power, that our blessings and curses will come true. People give us money because they are scared of our curse. Now that's the only way hijras can survive - by saying, "Give me money, otherwise I'll curse you." That clap, which scares people, has become our identity. In a way, you use myths and misconceptions for your own survival.”

Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com
“I don't want to be known as Gary Coleman's wife.”
“Orphans are the only ones who get to choose their fathers, and they love them twice as much.”
“. . . he felt himself entering a moment so real he could only run toward it, shouting.”
“I am a strong partisan of second causes, and I believe firmly that the entire gallinaceous order has been merely created to furnish our larders and our banquets.”

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