40 Quotes by Otsuichi

But when emotions get strong, humans have to do something. Some people encase their emotions by playing or exercising, whereas others calm their emotions by breaking things. People in the latter group could let their feelings out just by breaking furniture or the like. But Morino was unable to direct those feelings outward, so she'd directed them at herself.

By understanding the value system the world preferred, remembering and feigning it, I was able to convince others that I was free of problems. I simply had to participate enthusiastically in the boring conversations my classmates were having.

Tobacco kills a lot of people, but cigarette vending machines are killing that woman by stealing her job.

My relationship with him was defined by these complex emotions, this mixture of gratitude and resentment.

I thought about my death. It was not just a matter of stopping. It would be a parting from all there was in this world, even a parting from myself. And this would still be true no matter how much I loved something. This is what made death so terribly sad.

Strange combination, isn't it--gratitude and resentment? But this is the way I think. Actually, I think everybody thinks that way. Even the children of the humans who died long ago, I think they lived their lives holding similar contradictory thoughts about their parents. They were raised to learn about love and death, and they lived out their lives passing from the sunny spots to the shady spots of this world.

What does the kidnapper do with those things?""Those things?""You know, the stinky things with four legs that make a lot of noise."Did she mean the dogs?

There are people who kill, and people who get killed.

I want to have her hands..!Morino's hands...