Otsuichi Quotes & Sayings

There are people who kill, and people who get killed. — Otsuichi

I believe that death means 'loss'. — Otsuichi

This is your grave."
"Grave? You've got to be kidding. I'm still alive."
"Burying dead people isn't as much fun," Saeki said, feeling this was extremely obvious. — Otsuichi

The more one loves, the heavier the meaning of death becomes, and the deeper the sense of loss. Love and death are not different things, they are the front and back of the same thing. — Otsuichi

There are two kinds of humans: those who kill and those who are killed. — Otsuichi

Things that were merciless and cruel always captivated me. The conversations my classmates enjoyed and the warm words I exchanged with my family never really resonated with me. They were just static, like a radio that wasn't tuned properly. — Otsuichi

God cannot be drawn or sculpted. The moment it is drawn, it is no longer God; the moment it is sculpted, God becomes a fake. The moment it is expressed, its divinity peels away and recedes from its true nature. — Otsuichi

I'm not gonna die alone, no way! He will never allow it! — Otsuichi

I spent nine years trying not to have any expressions, trying to be my sister. Now I can't smile, not even if I want to. — Otsuichi

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

My relationship with him was defined by these complex emotions, this mixture of gratitude and resentment. — Otsuichi

Human beings are liars. I knew that. Which is why I sought the face in death. The face with no forced smile, no performance, no deliberately composed expression. — Otsuichi

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. — Otsuichi

Will you teach me how to smile like that? — Otsuichi

Yuka could not fight that man, but I could become the fangs that would protect her. — Otsuichi

Strange combination, isn't it
gratitude and resentment? But this is the way I think. Actually, I think everybody thinks that way. Even the children of the humans who died long ago, I think they lived their lives holding similar contradictory thoughts about their parents. They were raised to learn about love and death, and they lived out their lives passing from the sunny spots to the shady spots of this world. — Otsuichi

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 corpse. — Otsuichi

He had drowned the boy underground with his own hands, but his twisted mind still had the nerve to feel grief over the loss. How horrifying. — Otsuichi

When you answer them, you try to put meaning in every word. That's why ... their many lies cut you. — Otsuichi

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. — Otsuichi

Her lack of outward expression was similar to the way a thermos is never hot on the outside: No matter what was going on inside, it never affected the surface. — Otsuichi

What I saw there was my own death. — Otsuichi

Right, let's go rope shopping. You should buy some rope or cord yourself; it might come in handy. You might need it when you kill yourself. — Otsuichi

Why? That one word was all I had to ask, but it was too late now. Why has I not worked up the courage to ask her while she was still alive? I might have regretted the answer I'd gotten, but it would have been better than this.
But my sister had lost the chance to speak forever. I was stuck with my question, and it would be with me every time I thought of her. — Otsuichi

It's not that I want to kill people, I just do it to stop them talking. — Otsuichi

She knew nothing.
Not that she might have died that day.
Not that the person walking with her on that path in the woods was a murderer. — Otsuichi

I enjoyed watching people carry out unusual crimes. — Otsuichi

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. — Otsuichi

It seemed self-evident that hands were the essence of humanity. That was why there were palm readers; palm readers said the lines on a person's palms allowed them to determine an individual's personality. Hands were mirror that reflected the person's past and future. — Otsuichi

When I can't sleep, I always wrap something around my neck and close my eyes and imagine myself being strangled to death. Then I can fall asleep
it feels like sinking deep underwater — Otsuichi

Tobacco kills a lot of people, but cigarette vending machines are killing that woman by stealing her job. — Otsuichi

I want to have her hands..!
Morino's hands... — Otsuichi

Morino: What does the kidnapper do with those things?

Yuka: Those things?

Morino: You know, the stinky things with four legs that make a lot of noise.

Did she mean the dogs? — Otsuichi

The pieces of my sister's body. I stood there, letting the meaning of those words sink in. — Otsuichi