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Grotesque

Natsuo Kirino

Top 10 Best Quotes

“For a girl, appearance can be a powerful form of oppression. No matter how intelligent a girl may be, no matter her many talents, these attributes are not easily discerned. Brains and talent will never stand up against a girl who is clearly physically attractive.”

“In order to induce the process of decay, water is necessary. I think that, in the case of women, men are the water.”

“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.”

“My talent was the uncompromising ability to feel spite.”

“If people can't stand being alone, they have no choice but to die”

“I suppose I’m the one responsible for destroying myself.”

“A women who does not know herself has no choice other than to live with other people's evaluations.”

“Men live by rules they've made for themselves. And among those rules is one specifying that women are merely commodities for men to possess. A daughter belongs to her father, a wife to her husband. A woman's own desires present obstacles for men and are best ignored.”

“But it did seem that the thing we are most proud of and the thing we are most ashamed of are but the front and back of the same coin.”

“For a nymphomaniac like myself, I suppose there could be no job more suitable than prostitution; it is my God-given destiny. No matter how violent a man might be, or how ugly, at the moment we're in the act I cannot help but love him. And what's more I'll grant his every wish, no matter how shameful. In fact, the more twisted my partner is, the more attracted I will be to him, because my ability to meet my lover's demands is the one way I can feel alive. That is my virtue. It is also my biggest flaw. I can't deny a man. I'm like a vagina incarnate—female essence embodied. If I ever were to deny a man, I would stop being me.”

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Book Keywords:

sad, decay, thought-provoking, life, grotesque, spite, women

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