Natsuo Kirino quotes

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)
In order to induce the process of decay, water is necessary. I think that, in the case of women, men are the water.
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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.
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My talent was the uncompromising ability to feel spite.
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Friends are a weird thing. It seems like they know all about you, but then they don't understand you at all.
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I'm still afraid of being totally honest. I'm more afraid of this than dying.
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I suppose I'm the one responsible for destroying myself.
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It wasn't so much that I was afraid of the place itself, but I was afraid of the creatures who masqueraded as people.
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If people can't stand being alone, they have no choice but to die.
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In Japan, full-time homemakers have no economic power of their own, and they socially lead a faceless, anonymous existence.
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The thing I don't like about detective stories is looking for criminals. (Natsuo Kirino)
It's a very confusing experience living as a woman in Japan. If your husband is white-collar, the wife is blue. Even if you marry a person of status, the wife inevitably remains a rung below.
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I started writing juvenile novels around 1985. I never really thought of it as a career, but more as a way to make a living.
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Bye-bye. I'm off on a journey to the real world. 'Cause within this meta-reality what'sis this - my death.
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One of my books, 'Rain Falling on My Face,' earned me the 39th Edogawa Ranpo prize. It's a very prestigious literary prize in Japan, mostly for mysteries and thrillers.
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