Akutagawa Quotes

A shimmering of heat
Outside the grave
Alone I dwell. — Ryunosuke Akutagawa

What good is intelligence,' Akutagawa asked, 'if you can't ever discover a useful melancholy? — Howard Norman

Life is not worth a single line of Baudelaire."
-from "The Life of a Stupid Man — Ryunosuke Akutagawa

I could wish for nothing more than to die for a childish dream in which I truly believed. — Ryunosuke Akutagawa

All new beginnings require that you unlock a new door. — Nachman Of Breslov

It is unfortunate for the gods that, unlike us, they cannot commit suicide. — Ryunosuke Akutagawa

I have heard unsavory rumors about you and the umbrella-maker's daughter — Ryunosuke Akutagawa

I may wear the skin of an urbane sophisticate, but in this manuscript I invite you to strip it off and laugh at my stupidity. — Ryunosuke Akutagawa

E understood far more deeply than anyone else the loneliness that lurked beneath his jaunty mask. — Ryunosuke Akutagawa

Let's enjoy these aimless days while we can, I told myself, fearing some kind of deft acceleration. — Don DeLillo

He wanted to live life so intensely that he could die at any moment without regrets. — Ryunosuke Akutagawa

Secrets have a shelf life. — Deb Caletti

To understand theory is not enough. Much practice is necessary ... — Kimon Nicolaides

I don't look at fashion shows on the internet because it's too flat. — Stefano Gabbana

I have no conscience at all
least of all an artistic conscience. All I have is nerves. — Ryunosuke Akutagawa

Isn't there someone kind enough to come strangle me in my sleep? — Ryunosuke Akutagawa

The wall has more moods than Mad King Aerys, they'd say, or sometimes the wall has more mood than a woman. — George R R Martin

My Twitter reflects what's going on with me in my life. — Kevin Hart

Yes
or rather, it's not so much that I want to die as that I'm tired of living. — Ryunosuke Akutagawa

It is hard to tell your mother to change her life. — Tony Yayo

Working in the studio is a more personal experience whereas on stage in front of a billion people, its more exciting performing live. — Mary J. Blige

At day's end I'm ready for sound sleep, For you, GOD, have put my life back together. — Eugene H. Peterson

Unless your goal is to train your readers to be detectives, only the details necessary to give the reader an idea of the scene should be included. — Kat Duncan

People say they need freedom, but in fact, nobody wants freedom. — Ryunosuke Akutagawa

Everyone is the same under the skin. — Ryunosuke Akutagawa

Great robber though he was, Kandata could only trash about like a dying frog as he choked on the blood of the pond. — Ryunosuke Akutagawa

Face. Palm. Moment. — J.A. Redmerski

What is the life of a human being - a drop of dew, a flash of lightning? This is so sad, so sad. — Ryunosuke Akutagawa

Do I still love this woman? he asked himself. He was in the habit of observing himself so closely that the answer came as a surprise to him: I do. — Ryunosuke Akutagawa

Time and tide wait for no man. — Ryunosuke Akutagawa

Life is more hellish than hell itself. — Ryunosuke Akutagawa

Yes, sir. Certainly, it was I who found the body. — Ryunosuke Akutagawa