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Natsuo Kirino Quotes

Natsuo Kirino is the pen name of Mariko Hashioka, a Japanese novelist and a leading figure in the recent boom of female writers of Japanese detective fiction. Wikipedia  

✵ 7. October 1951

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Grotesque
Grotesque
Natsuo Kirino
Real World
Real World
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Famous Natsuo Kirino Quotes

“I suppose I’m the one responsible for destroying myself.”

Natsuo Kirino book Grotesque

Source: Grotesque

“My talent was the uncompromising ability to feel spite.”

Natsuo Kirino book Grotesque

Source: Grotesque

“A woman who does not know herself has no choice other than to live with other people’s evaluations. But no one can adapt perfectly to public opinion. And herein lies the source of their destruction.”

Natsuo Kirino book Grotesque

Source: Grotesque

“Bye-bye. I'm off on a journey to the real world. 'Cause within this meta-reality what'sis this - my death.”

Natsuo Kirino book Real World

Source: Real World

“I’m still afraid of being totally honest. I’m more afraid of this than dying.”

Natsuo Kirino book Real World

Source: Real World

“It wasn't so much that I was afraid of the place itself, but I was afraid of the creatures who masqueraded as people.”

Natsuo Kirino book Real World

Source: Real World

Natsuo Kirino Quotes

“In order to induce the process of decay, water is necessary. I think that, in the case of women, men are the water.”

Natsuo Kirino book Grotesque

Source: Grotesque

Women , Men , Thinking , Water

“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.”

Natsuo Kirino book Real World

Source: Real World

Idea , Personality

“Friends are a weird thing. It seems like they know all about you, but then they don’t understand you at all.”

Natsuo Kirino book Real World

Source: Real World

Understanding

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