263 Quotes by Osamu Dazai

The color of this sky, what would you call it? Rose? Flame? Iridescent? The color of angel’s wings? Or a huge temple? No, it is none of these things. It is much more sublime.

Women found in me a man who could keep a love secret.

I wanted to write only what I wanted to write.

No. You won’t do. You’ve treated me nicely, yes, but only because you find me curious and amusing. It made me feel so lonely, somehow... I’m really just a foolish and useless person.

I could believe in hell, but it was impossible for me to believe in the existence of heaven.

I have tried insofar as possible to avoid getting involved in the sordid complications of human beings. I have been afraid of being sucked down into their bottomless whirlpool.

The only thing people like you can see is other people’s faults, and you’re oblivious to the horror in your own hearts. You people terrify me.

I have never derived the least joy out of amusements. Perhaps that is a sign of the impotence of pleasure. I ran riot and threw myself into wild diversions out of the simple desire to escape from my own shadow.

In terms of sealing your fate, there’s no difference between turning right on a whim and turning right because you’ve come to some momentous resolve. Either way, it can’t be undone.