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41 " My mother still made dinner. She cooked out of habit, as part of her routine, working mechanically.But when I saw the piles of dust in the corners, it made me want to cry. "
― Otsuichi , Goth
42 " I wanted to clap my hands over my ears to stop from hearing his voice. It was like he was climbing into my mind without even taking off his shoes. "
43 " I believe that death means ‘loss’. "
44 " My fear was actually the cause of my inability to trust people. Fear of being deceived. Fear of being lied to. My fear of people was stealing from me the freedom of thought. "
45 " When you answer them, you try to put meaning in every word. That's why... their many lies cut you. "
― Otsuichi , きみにしか聞こえない [Kimi ni Shika Kikoenai]
46 " I had the sense that these locked rooms were more than just a place to hold us. I thought they must be something more important, locking up our very lives and souls, isolating us, stripping even the light from us. This was a prison of the soul. This room had taught me a true loneliness of a kind I had never seen or experienced before, and the meaninglessness of a life without a future. "
― Otsuichi , Zoo
47 " You know, the stinky things with four legs that make a lot of noise. "
48 " Yuka could not fight that man, but I could become the fangs that would protect her. "
49 " The name Yoru matches Morino’s black-clothed figure perfectly. Her commitment to the color is so great that I imagine if the darkness of night were given human form, then it might well look like her. "
50 " 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. "
51 " Just as a vampire has no choice but to drink human blood, I have no choice but to kill people. My fate was already decided the moment I was born. I wasn’t abused by my parents and scarred mentally. I have no ancestors that were murderers. I was raised in a very ordinary household. But whereas ordinary children play alone with imaginary friends and pets, I spent my time staring at imaginary corpses. "
52 " Every little move the dog made had me guessing which direction it would go. I had been through many fights, so I was getting good at this.But my heart was always filled with sadness. How long was Yuka going to make me do this? I didn't really want to kill anything. All my life, I'd never thought my jaws were meant to be used this way. "