Yukito Ayatsuji Quotes

“The sea at night. A time of peace.”
― Yukito Ayatsuji, The Decagon House Murders

“He had been suffering for months. He had been brooding for weeks. He had been thinking about just one thing for days. And now his mind was focusing on one single, clearly defined goal.”
― Yukito Ayatsuji, The Decagon House Murders

“And how could anyone who was not a god predict the future, shaped as it was by human psychology, human behaviour and pure chance?”
― Yukito Ayatsuji, The Decagon House Murders

“Nevertheless, the conventional approach would never have satisfied his emotions. Emotions? No, nothing as shallow as that. Absolutely not. This was not just some powerful feeling within him. It was the cry of his soul, his last tie to life, his reason for living.”
― Yukito Ayatsuji, The Decagon House Murders

“Yes. I sometimes feel like that when I read the stories you write for the club magazine. You're always so lively and bright in your own stories.'
'Because that's a made-up world.' Orczy turned away from Agatha's gaze and smiled awkwardly. 'I'm not so good with reality. I'm not really very keen on my real self.”
― Yukito Ayatsuji, The Decagon House Murders

“The waves washing the cliffs at his feet also washed his mind. Every time a fragment of memory appeared, the waves immediately took it away.”
― Yukito Ayatsuji, The Decagon House Murders

“No moonlight came in from the skylight.”
― Yukito Ayatsuji, The Decagon House Murders

“No sense of reality.”
― Yukito Ayatsuji, The Decagon House Murders

“But the face she had just washed, looking back at her in the mirror...
It wasn't beautiful. Not a hint of dignity.
Nothing to save her.”
― Yukito Ayatsuji, The Decagon House Murders

“She didn't care how the others looked at her any more. All she had on her mind was what she could see in the mirror.”
― Yukito Ayatsuji, The Decagon House Murders

“The sea at dusk. A time of peace.”
― Yukito Ayatsuji, The Decagon House Murders

“An indescribable, inescapable shiver welled up from deep within and ran through my whole being.”
― Yukito Ayatsuji, The Mill House Murders

“I placed my pipe on its stand and started getting dressed. I took my pyjamas off, put on a shirt and trousers, and a dressing gown on top. When I had managed to do all of this, I put the cotton gloves on both my hands. And finally, it was time to put on my face.
My mask.”
― Yukito Ayatsuji, The Mill House Murders

“A cold death mask worn by a living man.”
― Yukito Ayatsuji, The Mill House Murders

“He cursed the storm that had upset his peaceful life.”
― Yukito Ayatsuji, The Mill House Murders

“His silence made even the white mask seem melancholic.”
― Yukito Ayatsuji, The Mill House Murders

“The frantic storm continued to rage around the house as I moved down the gloomy gallery. The sound of the wind and rain were joined by the crashing of the mill wheels, turning monotonously yet faster than usual. It sounded like the beating heart of the house.”
― Yukito Ayatsuji, The Mill House Murders

“It sounded like the beating heart of the house.”
― Yukito Ayatsuji, The Mill House Murders

“You shouldn't lie to me,' I said finally, with an aching heart.”
― Yukito Ayatsuji, The Mill House Murders

“... No.'
She had said the word very faintly, but I heard it clearly. She had wilfully lied to me. I didn't know what to think.”
― Yukito Ayatsuji, The Mill House Murders

“She raised her face slightly. Terrified eyed looked at me from behind the veil of her hair.”
― Yukito Ayatsuji, The Mill House Murders

“In the gloomy darkness, I revealed my accursed face.”
― Yukito Ayatsuji, The Mill House Murders

“There was another flash outside, followed after a while by a clap of thunder. It was almost as if the weather was mocking our melodrama.”
― Yukito Ayatsuji, The Mill House Murders