No Longer Human Quotes

″...here again the face fails inexplicably to give the impression of one belonging to a living human being.”

“The weak fear happiness itself.”

“The world, after all, was still a place of bottomless horror. It was by no means a place of childlike simplicity where everything could be settled by a simple then-and-there decision.”

“What, I wondered, did he mean by society? The plural of human beings? Where was the substance of this thing called society?”

“In my case such an expression as ‘to be fallen for’ or even ‘to be loved’ is not in the least appropriate; perhaps it describes the situation more accurately to say that I was ‘looked after’.”

“But I think that anyone who had ever been subjected to the least exposure to what makes for beauty would likely toss the photograph aside with the gesture employed in brushing away a caterpillar, and mutter in profound revulsion, ‘What a dreadful child.‘”

“Mine has been a life of much shame. I can’t even guess myself what it must be to live the life of a human being.”

“If you’ve slept soundly at night the morning is exhilarating, I suppose.”

“All I feel are the assaults of apprehension and terror at the thought that I am the only one who is entirely unlike the rest. It is almost impossible for me to converse with other people. What should I talk about, how should I say it? - I don’t know.”

“The artificiality of his smile belies his good looks, however, indicating the depth of his isolation and rendering him unpleasant to look at.”