In a Grove Quotes

“Oh come on, killing a man is not as big a thing as people like you seem to think. If you're going to take somebody's woman, a man has to die. When I kill a man, I do it with my sword, but people like you don't use swords. You gentlemen kill with your power, with your money, and sometimes just with your words: you tell people you're doing them a favor. True, no blood flows, the man is still alive, but you've killed him all the same. I don't know whose sin is greater - yours or mine.”
― Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, In a Grove

“Am I the only one who kills people? You, you don't use your swords. You kill people with your power, with your money. Sometimes you kill them on the pretext of working for their good. It's true they don't bleed. They are in the best of health, but all the same you've killed them. It's hard to say who is a greater sinner, you or me.”
― Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, In a Grove

“Quando eu mato um homem, uso a minha espada, mas pessoas como você não usam espadas. Vocês, nobre senhores, matam com seu poder, com seu dinheiro, e às vezes meramente com suas palavras: vocês dizem às pessoas que estão fazendo um favor. Claro, nenhum sangue jorra, o homem ainda está vivo, mas vocês o mataram de toda maneira. Eu não seu qual pecado é o pior, o de vocês ou o meu.”
― Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Yabu No Naka

“به‌راستی‌که زندگانی انسان همچون قطره‌ای شبنم که با شعاع نور محو شود، فناپذیر است.”
― Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, In a Grove