Ryunosuke Akutagawa

A single sword-stroke had pierced the breast.

bamboo-blades had been trampled down all around.

human life is as evanescent as the morning dew or a flash of lightning.

Then Tajomaru must be the murderer.

the same you've killed them.

least I could satisfy my desire for her without taking her husband's life.

furious desire to kill him seized me

It's hard to say who is a greater sinner, you or me.

Little did I expect that he would meet such a fate. Truly human life is as evanescent as the morning dew or a flash of lightning

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.