I was in a self-induced depression. Welcome to me Real World.
Mitsuru and Yuriko and Kazue didn’t mutate; they simply decayed. A biology professor certainly ought to be able to recognize the signs of fermentation and decay. Isn’t he the one who taught us all abo...
Loneliness. Sometimes that awful feeling causes you to do something stupid.
As a child I first became aware that my existence had a purpose when I realized men lusted after me. And that's why I will lust forever after men. Before I even began to worry about homework or any of...
You have to be careful, Terauchi always warned us, or you'll wind up in some database. Then adults will control you.
Someone speak to me. Call out to me and take me out. Please, please, I'm begging you, say something kind to me.Tell me I'm pretty, tell me I'm sweet.Invite me out for coffee, or more...Tell me that yo...
If the old man looked at straight lines to keep his act together, I was going to stare at lines and go down in flames.
For a girl, appearance can be a powerful form of oppression. No matter how intelligent a girl may be, no matter her many talents, these attributes are not easily discerned. Brains and talent will neve...
Era sufficiente rimuovere una piccola pietra scaldata dal sole per scoprire la terra umida e fresca. E lei, in quel momento, voleva assaporare a fondo l'oscurità del lato nascosto al sole.
And then there was her face: her white skin, her brown eyes, and her expression, so soft and beautiful; she looked as though she were constantly getting ready to ask a question. Even an immaculately c...
Kids lose their trust in the parents they love, but still accept them, so they end up not trusting themselves anymore.
I was afraid of the creatures who masqueraded as people.
Did you pick out this outfit? he asked, looking at her clothes.No, she said. She was wearing a cheap, bright red dress that she'd been given by another girl from the bar who shared the same apartment....
Nihai analizde, dine bulaşan insanlar yalnızca kendi kişisel mutluluklarının peşinde gibidir. Yanılıyor muyum?
Effort has nothing to do with the changes to structure and physiology that develop as a consequence of the intensification of individuation.
All I want is for someone to understand me before I die. With death staring me in the face, I finally understand the reason novelists write books: before they die they want somebody, somewhere, to und...
A women who does not know herself has no choice other than to live with other people's evaluations.
Ma non era per la sua ambizione che si era imbattuta in un atroce destino. La sua tragedia si era consumata perché lei amava profondamente un uomo che non sapeva amare. Naruse non aveva semplicemente...
I'm this superphilosophical kind of person. Stuck in a prison of abstract ideas and overpowering emotions, I have this personality that makes it really hard to survive.
I realized that the last thing I wanted to do was go home. A weird feeling—like on the one hand I wanted to go back to that other world, but at the same time didn’t care if my connections to it were c...