Japon yazar Osamu Dazai’nin dogum yildonumu ( 19 Haziran 1909 )
“ Anne, son zamanlarda insanlari hayvanlardan ayiran tek ozelligin ne oldugunu kesfettim. Biliyorum, insan konusuyor, insan akilli, insan dusunuyor, insanin sosyal bir duzeni var; ama butun hayvanlarda bunlardan az cok yok mu ? Belki hayvanlarin da inanclari vardir. Insan tum Yaradilisin efendisi olmakla ovunuyor; ama esasta, diger yaratiklardan pek farki olmadigi anlasiliyor. Oysa insanin yine de ayri bir ozelligi var. Belki beni anlamiyorsunuz. Hayvanlarda hic olmayan bir sey, insanin kendisine ait bir sey: O da sir. Ne dersiniz ? ” Batan Gunes
“ Mother, recently I have discovered the one way in which human beings differ completely from other animals. Man has, I know, language, knowledge, principles, and social order, but don't all the other animals have them too, granted the difference of degree ? Perhaps the animals even have religions. Man boasts of being the lord of all creation, but it would seem as if essentially he does not differ in the least from other animals. But, Mother, there was one way I thought of. Perhaps you won't understand. It's a faculty absolutely unique to man - having secrets. Can you see what I mean ? "
“ Horiki'nin o farkli guzel gulumsemesi karsisinda aglamis, karar vermeyi ve direnc gostermeyi bir yana bırakip arabaya binmis, buraya getirilince de cilgin sinifina konmustum. Su an, buradan cikacak olsam bile, bir ‘cilgin,’ hayir bir cokkun oldugum damgasini yuzumde tasirim herhalde.
Insanligimi yitirdim.
Artik ben, asla bir insan degilim. ” Insanligimi Yitirirken
“ I had wept at that incredibly beautiful smile Horiki showed me, and forgetting both prudence and resistance, I had got into the car that took me here. And now I had become a madman. Even if released, I would be forever branded on the forehead with the word ‘madman,’ or perhaps, ‘reject.’
Disqualified as a human being.
I had now ceased utterly to be a human being. ”
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