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Top 350 Osamu Dazai Quotes (2026 Update)
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Osamu Dazai Quote: “The problem with tradition is that it can cause even an error of great magnitude to go unnoticed.”

301. “The problem with tradition is that it can cause even an error of great magnitude to go unnoticed.”

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Osamu Dazai Quote: “Even such uncivilized actions seem not only charming but strangely erotic when Mother performs them. The real things are apt to be deviant.”

302. “Even such uncivilized actions seem not only charming but strangely erotic when Mother performs them. The real things are apt to be deviant.”

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Osamu Dazai Quote: “That’s all right. I’ll eat it cold. No need to warm it up.” Ojii-san shrinks guiltily into himself as he sits down. He’s dying to tell his wife about all the marvelous things that happened last night, but in the stern and austere atmosphere of her presence he finds the words sticking in his throat. He eats with head bowed, feeling perfectly wretched.”

303. “That’s all right. I’ll eat it cold. No need to warm it up.” Ojii-san shrinks guiltily into himself as he sits down. He’s dying to tell his wife about all the marvelous things that happened last night, but in the stern and austere atmosphere of her presence he finds the words sticking in his throat. He eats with head bowed, feeling perfectly wretched.”

— Osamu Dazai

Osamu Dazai Quote: “The Venerable’ – isn’t that what you call yourself? Trying to find comfort in dreams of a past that will never come again, rather than hope for the future.”

304. “The Venerable’ – isn’t that what you call yourself? Trying to find comfort in dreams of a past that will never come again, rather than hope for the future.”

— Osamu Dazai

Osamu Dazai Quote: “Perhaps by depravity he actually meant tenderness.”

305. “Perhaps by depravity he actually meant tenderness.”

— Osamu Dazai

Osamu Dazai Quote: “He looks happy. Away from home like this, he seems a different person.”

306. “He looks happy. Away from home like this, he seems a different person.”

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Osamu Dazai Quote: “Even if one is not “qualified to be loved,” one is eternally “qualified to love.” To seek only the joy of being adored is to surrender to savagery and ignorance.”

307. “Even if one is not “qualified to be loved,” one is eternally “qualified to love.” To seek only the joy of being adored is to surrender to savagery and ignorance.”

— Osamu Dazai

Osamu Dazai Quote: “The clouds were beautiful, maybe because it was so windy. There were four roses blooming in a corner of the yard. One was yellow, two were white, and one was pink. I sat there agape, looking at the flowers, and thought to myself, There are really good things about human beings. I mean, it’s humans who discovered the beauty of flowers, and humans who admire them.”

308. “The clouds were beautiful, maybe because it was so windy. There were four roses blooming in a corner of the yard. One was yellow, two were white, and one was pink. I sat there agape, looking at the flowers, and thought to myself, There are really good things about human beings. I mean, it’s humans who discovered the beauty of flowers, and humans who admire them.”

— Osamu Dazai

Osamu Dazai Quote: “No matter how often I tried, she never once complimented me.”

309. “No matter how often I tried, she never once complimented me.”

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Osamu Dazai Quote: “That faint and distant sound of hammering was like a miracle, stripping me of every militaristic illusion. Never again would I become intoxicated by that nightmare with its so-called pathos and glory.”

310. “That faint and distant sound of hammering was like a miracle, stripping me of every militaristic illusion. Never again would I become intoxicated by that nightmare with its so-called pathos and glory.”

— Osamu Dazai

Osamu Dazai Quote: “From then on, however, I came to hold, almost as a philosophical conviction, the belief: What is society but an individual? From the moment I suspected that society might be an individual I was able to act more in accordance with my own inclinations.”

311. “From then on, however, I came to hold, almost as a philosophical conviction, the belief: What is society but an individual? From the moment I suspected that society might be an individual I was able to act more in accordance with my own inclinations.”

— Osamu Dazai

Osamu Dazai Quote: “I drop steadily, inevitably, into unhappiness, and I have no specific plan to stave off my descent.”

312. “I drop steadily, inevitably, into unhappiness, and I have no specific plan to stave off my descent.”

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Osamu Dazai Quote: “Unhappiness. There are all kinds of unhappy people in this world. I suppose it would be no exaggeration to say that the world is composed entirely of unhappy people.”

313. “Unhappiness. There are all kinds of unhappy people in this world. I suppose it would be no exaggeration to say that the world is composed entirely of unhappy people.”

— Osamu Dazai

Osamu Dazai Quote: “I want to love everyone,” I thought, almost tearfully. If you stare at the sky, it changes little by little. Gradually it turns bluish. Then, with nothing more than a sigh, I felt the urge to be naked. I had never seen anything as beautiful as the translucent leaves and grass. Gently, I reached out to touch the grass. I want to live beautifully.”

314. “I want to love everyone,” I thought, almost tearfully. If you stare at the sky, it changes little by little. Gradually it turns bluish. Then, with nothing more than a sigh, I felt the urge to be naked. I had never seen anything as beautiful as the translucent leaves and grass. Gently, I reached out to touch the grass. I want to live beautifully.”

— Osamu Dazai

Osamu Dazai Quote: “It may be true that in any society defective types with low vitality like myself are doomed to perish, not because of what they think or anything else, but because of themselves. I have, however, some slight excuse to offer. I feel the overwhelming pressure of circumstances which make it extremely difficult for me to live.”

315. “It may be true that in any society defective types with low vitality like myself are doomed to perish, not because of what they think or anything else, but because of themselves. I have, however, some slight excuse to offer. I feel the overwhelming pressure of circumstances which make it extremely difficult for me to live.”

— Osamu Dazai

Osamu Dazai Quote: “Something hard about her gives you the impression less of a beautiful woman than of a handsome young man.”

316. “Something hard about her gives you the impression less of a beautiful woman than of a handsome young man.”

— Osamu Dazai

Osamu Dazai Quote: “You do not know that you are loved.”

317. “You do not know that you are loved.”

— Osamu Dazai

Osamu Dazai Quote: “Even if you die, don’t become his plaything!”

318. “Even if you die, don’t become his plaything!”

— Osamu Dazai

Osamu Dazai Quote: “I felt my heart would burst with longing for Tokyo especially when it grew dark. Then everything seemed to go blank before me. It wasn’t an ordinary sickness. God killed me, and only after he had made me into someone entirely different from the person I had been, did he call me back to life.”

319. “I felt my heart would burst with longing for Tokyo especially when it grew dark. Then everything seemed to go blank before me. It wasn’t an ordinary sickness. God killed me, and only after he had made me into someone entirely different from the person I had been, did he call me back to life.”

— Osamu Dazai

Osamu Dazai Quote: “Where waste occurs, want will follow.”

320. “Where waste occurs, want will follow.”

— Osamu Dazai

Osamu Dazai Quote: “He would show up not with women but with two or three newspaper or magazine reporters. According to some of these fellows, now that the military had fallen, the impoverished poets and artists were going to be the new public heroes.”

321. “He would show up not with women but with two or three newspaper or magazine reporters. According to some of these fellows, now that the military had fallen, the impoverished poets and artists were going to be the new public heroes.”

— Osamu Dazai

Osamu Dazai Quote: “In their conversations, “major” was frequently employed as an intensifying adjective. This world can be a boring place. Who can blame them for wanting something exciting to happen?”

322. “In their conversations, “major” was frequently employed as an intensifying adjective. This world can be a boring place. Who can blame them for wanting something exciting to happen?”

— Osamu Dazai

Osamu Dazai Quote: “I felt so grateful, so happy for that gentle smile that I averted my face and wept. I was completely shattered and smothered by that one gentle smile.”

323. “I felt so grateful, so happy for that gentle smile that I averted my face and wept. I was completely shattered and smothered by that one gentle smile.”

— Osamu Dazai

Osamu Dazai Quote: “Just when I was beginning to forget, that bird of ill-omen came flapping my way, to rip open with its beak the wounds of memory. All at once shame over the past and the recollection of sin unfolded themselves before my eyes and, seized by a terror so great it made me want to shriek, I could not sit still a moment longer. “How about a drink?” I asked.”

324. “Just when I was beginning to forget, that bird of ill-omen came flapping my way, to rip open with its beak the wounds of memory. All at once shame over the past and the recollection of sin unfolded themselves before my eyes and, seized by a terror so great it made me want to shriek, I could not sit still a moment longer. “How about a drink?” I asked.”

— Osamu Dazai

Osamu Dazai Quote: “I had never seen anything as beautiful as the translucent leaves and grass. Gently, I reached out to touch the grass. I want to live beautifully.”

325. “I had never seen anything as beautiful as the translucent leaves and grass. Gently, I reached out to touch the grass. I want to live beautifully.”

— Osamu Dazai

Osamu Dazai Quote: “Valuing physical sensations above moral considerations is evidence of either mental deficiency or demonic evil.”

326. “Valuing physical sensations above moral considerations is evidence of either mental deficiency or demonic evil.”

— Osamu Dazai

Osamu Dazai Quote: “Adults are thoroughly schooled in this way of seeing, which makes it quite easy for them to empathize with others. Each teardrop is a source of pride. Young people, it’s true, will also sometimes indulge in this kind of trivial emotionality. But if adults acquire this ability only after making compromises with their lives, to put it generously, where do young people pick it up? From junk novels like this one?”

327. “Adults are thoroughly schooled in this way of seeing, which makes it quite easy for them to empathize with others. Each teardrop is a source of pride. Young people, it’s true, will also sometimes indulge in this kind of trivial emotionality. But if adults acquire this ability only after making compromises with their lives, to put it generously, where do young people pick it up? From junk novels like this one?”

— Osamu Dazai

Osamu Dazai Quote: “It’s probably true. There definitely is something wrong with me. I have become petty. I am no good at all. I am pathetic. Out of the blue I nearly cried out at the top of my lungs. Pshaw... as if a loud holler was going to cover my gutlessness. I have to do something more. Maybe I am in love. I lay back on the green meadow.”

328. “It’s probably true. There definitely is something wrong with me. I have become petty. I am no good at all. I am pathetic. Out of the blue I nearly cried out at the top of my lungs. Pshaw... as if a loud holler was going to cover my gutlessness. I have to do something more. Maybe I am in love. I lay back on the green meadow.”

— Osamu Dazai

Osamu Dazai Quote: “The roar of laughter at civilization’s end.”

329. “The roar of laughter at civilization’s end.”

— Osamu Dazai

Osamu Dazai Quote: “I felt at the mercy of these waves, a light and beautiful feeling that I would be able to live on this way.”

330. “I felt at the mercy of these waves, a light and beautiful feeling that I would be able to live on this way.”

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Osamu Dazai Quote: “Shame on me for making such a mockery of myself. Blame it on my wounded pride. The fact is that my fear of being ridiculed is so intense I’d rather beat my critics to the punch. That’s the epitome of cowardice.”

331. “Shame on me for making such a mockery of myself. Blame it on my wounded pride. The fact is that my fear of being ridiculed is so intense I’d rather beat my critics to the punch. That’s the epitome of cowardice.”

— Osamu Dazai

Osamu Dazai Quote: “Let me be natural, let me be genuine.”

332. “Let me be natural, let me be genuine.”

— Osamu Dazai

Osamu Dazai Quote: “Tomorrow will probably be another day like today. Happiness will never come my way. I know that. But it’s probably best to go to sleep believing that it will surely come, tomorrow it will come. You wait and wait for happiness, and when finally you can’t bear it any longer, you rush out of the house, only to hear later that a marvelous happiness arrived the following day at the home you had abandoned, and now it was too late. Sometimes happiness arrives one night too late. Happiness...”

333. “Tomorrow will probably be another day like today. Happiness will never come my way. I know that. But it’s probably best to go to sleep believing that it will surely come, tomorrow it will come. You wait and wait for happiness, and when finally you can’t bear it any longer, you rush out of the house, only to hear later that a marvelous happiness arrived the following day at the home you had abandoned, and now it was too late. Sometimes happiness arrives one night too late. Happiness...”

— Osamu Dazai

Osamu Dazai Quote: “I grew up loyal, so don’t let me die a traitor.”

334. “I grew up loyal, so don’t let me die a traitor.”

— Osamu Dazai

Osamu Dazai Quote: “It was only natural for Yozo to vacillate when asked about the reason behind his suicide – it was everything to him.”

335. “It was only natural for Yozo to vacillate when asked about the reason behind his suicide – it was everything to him.”

— Osamu Dazai

Osamu Dazai Quote: “We all remain children, no matter how much time goes by. We don’t understand anything.”

336. “We all remain children, no matter how much time goes by. We don’t understand anything.”

— Osamu Dazai

Osamu Dazai Quote: “He just wanted to run – to do something for nothing.”

337. “He just wanted to run – to do something for nothing.”

— Osamu Dazai

Osamu Dazai Quote: “I find it difficult to understand the kind of human being who lives, or who is sure he can live, purely, happily, serenely while engaged in deceit.”

338. “I find it difficult to understand the kind of human being who lives, or who is sure he can live, purely, happily, serenely while engaged in deceit.”

— Osamu Dazai

Osamu Dazai Quote: “What am I but a tangle of uncertainty and pride?”

339. “What am I but a tangle of uncertainty and pride?”

— Osamu Dazai

Osamu Dazai Quote: “I’ve caused people a lot of grief. I haven’t written anything worthwhile. It’s all bluster. Dishonesty. Cravenness. Lies. Lechery. Cowardice. I don’t need to wait for God’s judgment, I’m already constantly spilling out lame excuses.”

340. “I’ve caused people a lot of grief. I haven’t written anything worthwhile. It’s all bluster. Dishonesty. Cravenness. Lies. Lechery. Cowardice. I don’t need to wait for God’s judgment, I’m already constantly spilling out lame excuses.”

— Osamu Dazai

Osamu Dazai Quote: “I learned to read silently too. That’s why I could finish one book after another without getting tired.”

341. “I learned to read silently too. That’s why I could finish one book after another without getting tired.”

— Osamu Dazai

Osamu Dazai Quote: “Poverty is nothing. As long as you love me, all I want is to spend my whole life by your side.”

342. “Poverty is nothing. As long as you love me, all I want is to spend my whole life by your side.”

— Osamu Dazai

Osamu Dazai Quote: “To paint something good for once, he said. And said it laughing. Young people never say anything straight. You can tell they’re being honest if they hide behind a laugh.”

343. “To paint something good for once, he said. And said it laughing. Young people never say anything straight. You can tell they’re being honest if they hide behind a laugh.”

— Osamu Dazai

Osamu Dazai Quote: “Despising each other as we did, we were constantly together, thereby degrading ourselves.”

344. “Despising each other as we did, we were constantly together, thereby degrading ourselves.”

— Osamu Dazai

Osamu Dazai Quote: “The recognition of any reality begins with trust.”

345. “The recognition of any reality begins with trust.”

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Osamu Dazai Quote: “Communal living had proved quite impossible for me. It gave me chills just to hear such words as “the ardor of youth” or “youthful pride”: I could not by any stretch of the imagination soak myself in “college spirit.” The classrooms and the dormitory seemed like the dumping grounds of distorted sexual desires, and even my virtually perfected antics were of no use there.”

346. “Communal living had proved quite impossible for me. It gave me chills just to hear such words as “the ardor of youth” or “youthful pride”: I could not by any stretch of the imagination soak myself in “college spirit.” The classrooms and the dormitory seemed like the dumping grounds of distorted sexual desires, and even my virtually perfected antics were of no use there.”

— Osamu Dazai

Osamu Dazai Quote: “It would have been better had I turned into a character from my own stories. An idle womaniser.”

347. “It would have been better had I turned into a character from my own stories. An idle womaniser.”

— Osamu Dazai

Osamu Dazai Quote: “Welcome to Sadness. Population one.”

348. “Welcome to Sadness. Population one.”

— Osamu Dazai

Osamu Dazai Quote: “If things went well I would like to become his inseparable friend; but if this proved utterly impossible, I had no choice but to pray for his death.”

349. “If things went well I would like to become his inseparable friend; but if this proved utterly impossible, I had no choice but to pray for his death.”

— Osamu Dazai

Osamu Dazai Quote: “I’m afraid I don’t really have a clear understanding of the psychology of the powerful- particularly the absolutely invincible variety, which I’ve never met or known to exist. I’m a story writer with such feeble imaginative powers that unless I myself have experienced something, I can’t write one line- I can’t write a word- about it.”

350. “I’m afraid I don’t really have a clear understanding of the psychology of the powerful- particularly the absolutely invincible variety, which I’ve never met or known to exist. I’m a story writer with such feeble imaginative powers that unless I myself have experienced something, I can’t write one line- I can’t write a word- about it.”

— Osamu Dazai

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