something like the pleasure of killing a god

Doppo said he was in love with love. I am trying to hate hatred. I am trying to hate my hatred fro poverty, for falsehood, for everything.

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Many are the criticisms that have been leveled at me, but they fall into three groups:

1. Bookish. A "bookish" person is one who prizes the power of the mind over the power of the flesh.
2. Frivolous. A "frivolous" person is one who prizes the beautiful over the useful.
3. Arrogant. An "arrogant" person is one who refuses to compromise his beliefs in deference to others.

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Jousou must have sensed that the entire difference between himself and the dead occupant of the grave was as insubstantial as a shimmering wave of heat.

[Akutagawa Ryunosuke]