いたいのいたいの、とんでゆけ Quotes

“I guess he was already a teacher in the sense that he teaches people how you don't want to end up, but as of now, "bad example" isn't a valid job position.”
― Sugaru Miaki, いたいのいたいの、とんでゆけ

“Whatever you had him do, Shindo was always better than average. He was quick to grasp just about everything. But on the other hand, up to the last, he was never best in anything. I think maybe he was scared. Deathly afraid of a moment when he'd devote himself to something, then blank out and think "What was I doing?"
So he could never give all of himself to just one thing. I wished I could be like that. And that must be why Shindo always liked things which were clearly pointless. Games from generations past, useless music, his unreasonably huge vacuum tube radio. I love that sense of productiveness.”
― Sugaru Miaki, いたいのいたいの、とんでゆけ

“Upon realizing that, my hobbies shifted from the "filling" type to "building walls." I came to appreciate works that purely aimed for beauty and pleasantness, rather than introspective ones.”
― Sugaru Miaki, いたいのいたいの、とんでゆけ

“Many people think suicide takes courage. But I feel only those who haven’t thought deeply about suicide would think that. It’s a misjudgement to say “If you have the courage to kill yourself, you can put it to other uses.”

Suicide doesn’t require courage, only a bit of despair and a brief fit of confusion. Just a second or two of being at a loss can produce a suicide.

Essentially, people with courage to die don’t commit suicide - people without courage to live do.”
― Sugaru Miaki, いたいのいたいの、とんでゆけ