Death Quote by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“It is unfortunate for the gods that, unlike us, they cannot commit suicide.”

“What especially moved him was the corpse of a child of twelve or thirteen. He felt something like envy as he looked at it, recalling such expression as “Those whom the gods love die young.” Both his sister and his half-brother had lost their houses to fire. His sister’s husband, though, was on a suspended sentence for perjury.”

“Death starves us of life. So we learn to fabricate our own immortalities.”

“I'm one of those who doesn't think there is much difference”

“But death was sweet, death was gentle, death was kind; death healed the bruised spirit and the broken heart, and gave them rest and forgetfulness; death was man’s best friend; when man could endure life no longer, death came and set him free.”

“A premature death does not only rob one of the countless instances where one would have experienced pleasure, it also saves one from the innumerable instances where one would have experienced pain.”

“I basked in you;”

“The poetry you could write about Rufus helping me out of my grave isn't lost on me.”