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No Longer Human
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"No Longer Human" Quotes

"No Longer Human" follows the alienated life of Oba Yozo as he struggles with isolation, self-destruction, and a profound sense of disconnection from society.

Quotes

I am convinced that human life is filled with many pure, happy, serene examples of insincerity, truly splendid of their kind.

Osamu Dazai

lifesincerity

I was unable to shake off the feeling that I had no real right to be here at all, that I was an interloper. I felt more and more uncomfortable, as if I were a criminal.

Osamu Dazai

guiltbelonging

I am convinced that everything has come down to us from the banks of the Ganges, - astronomy, astrology, metempsychosis, etc.

Osamu Dazai

philosophyorigin

The more I become accustomed to the world, the more it seems to me that I am the only one entirely out of place.

Osamu Dazai

alienationworld

I have worked hard at it, and I have been a success. What I have done has been the result of my own efforts.

Osamu Dazai

successeffort

I think it is a great thing to have played with death, and to be able to regard the world with somewhat different eyes.

Osamu Dazai

deathperspective

I was struck by how simple her words were, and yet they reached straight to the heart of the matter. In a sense, it was almost frightening.

Osamu Dazai

simplicityprofound

I was suddenly filled with a sense of happiness. I knew that I loved the world and I wanted to stay here a little longer.

Osamu Dazai

happinessloveappreciation

The more I’ve gone on living, the more I’ve seen that I am not the sort of person who will ever have a place to belong.

Osamu Dazai

belongingidentity

I was prepared to find the world a dark, forbidding place, but I never dreamed it would be quite so foul as this.

Osamu Dazai

worlddisillusionment