Ryūnosuke Akutagawa

“Yes -- or rather, it's not so much that I want to die as that I'm tired of living.”

“...O-suzu left whatever work she was doing at her sewing machine and dragged Takeo back to O-yoshi and her son.How dare you behave so selfishly! Now tell O-yoshi-san that you are sorry. Get down on the mats and make a proper bow!”

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

“It's not so much that I want to die as that I'm tired of living.”