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The thorn of death falls from...

The thorn of death falls from heaven, and its myriad forms leave us no room to move.

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Far happier he, who, young an...

Far happier he, who, young and full of pride And radiant with the glory of the sun, Leaves earth before his singing time is done. All wounds of Time the graveyard flowers hide, His beauty lives, as fresh as when he died.

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Mankind, which has always bee...

Mankind, which has always been a part of nature, has reached a point where it is too much for nature to accommodate.

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When I look at small things, ...

When I look at small things, I think I shall go on living: drops of rain, leather gloves shrunk by being wet... When I look at something too big, I want to die: the Diet Building, or a map of the world.

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Yet there seemed to be some t...

Yet there seemed to be some truth in the law of probability, according to which the chance of success is directly proportionate to the number of repetitions.

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A plausible rumor / Seems a l...

A plausible rumor / Seems a lot more believable / Than the truth itself.

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Things have value Because som...

Things have value Because somebody buys them, Because somebody pays money; If you can find a buyer, Even a lie is worth a thousand yen.

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Now that you are dead, you ar...

Now that you are dead, you are splendid. Photographs of people who have just died are worth twenty percent more, and for suicides there is an additional five percent. Now that you are dead you are much in demand.

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Nature with her wealth of bir...

Nature with her wealth of birds and flowers, Has in her heart a place for every weed; For her quick eyes require no microscope To note the varied wonders and delights That the Creator's humblest works possess.

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When I was young, I could bou...

When I was young, I could bounce back from things like a brand-new rubber ball.

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Many people ask why a writer ...

Many people ask why a writer commits suicide. But I think that people who ask don't know the vanity and the nothingness of writing. I think it is very usual and natural for a writer to commit suicide, because in order to keep on writing he must be a very strong person.

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Perhaps the act of writing is...

Perhaps the act of writing is necessary when nothing happens.

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Year after year students tumb...

Year after year students tumble along like the waters of a river. They flow away, and only the teacher is left behind, like some deeply buried rock at the bottom of the current.

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Suicide is an escape from lif...

Suicide is an escape from life. What is life? An escape from death. This means that each of us must die twice. There is the death waiting for us ahead, and the death that comes pursuing from behind.... Once you are free at least from the death that comes pursuing you, you can relax and enjoy life as you go along.

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Defeat begins with the fear t...

Defeat begins with the fear that one has lost.

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Something whose connection wit...

Something whose connection with human experience we cannot grasp is bound to be frightening.

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Year after year students tumbl...

Year after year students tumble along like the waters of a river. They flow away, and only the teacher is left behind, like some deeply buried rock at the bottom of the current.

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The minute you begin to have d...

The minute you begin to have doubts, the floor under your feet starts to shake.

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Defeat begins with the fear th...

Defeat begins with the fear that one has lost.

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Perhaps the act of writing is ...

Perhaps the act of writing is necessary when nothing happens.

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