luciana
https://www.goodreads.com/suguru
“How did I picture the life after the grave?
I Fairly bawled out at him: 'A life in which I can remember this life on earth. That's all I want of it.”
― The Stranger
I Fairly bawled out at him: 'A life in which I can remember this life on earth. That's all I want of it.”
― The Stranger
“For the first time, in that night alive with signs and stars, I opened myself to the gentle indifference of the world. Finding it so much like myself—so like a brother really—I felt that I had been happy and that I was happy again.”
― The Stranger
― The Stranger
“Mother used to say that however miserable one is, there’s always something to be thankful for. And each morning, when the sky brightened and light began to flood my cell, I agreed with her.”
― The Stranger
― The Stranger
“I've never really had much of an imagination. But still I would try to picture the exact moment when the beating of my heart would no longer be going on inside my head.”
― The Stranger
― The Stranger
“For the first time in a long time I thought about Maman. I felt as if I understood why at the end of her life she had taken a 'fiancé,' why she had played at beginning again. Even there, in that home where lives were fading out, evening was a kind of wistful respite. So close to death, Maman must have felt free then and ready to live it all again. Nobody, nobody had the right to cry over her. And I felt ready to live it all again too.”
― The Stranger
― The Stranger
luciana’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at luciana’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
Favorite Genres
Polls voted on by luciana
Lists liked by luciana










![イノサン 1 [Innocent 1] by Shin'ichi Sakamoto イノサン 1 [Innocent 1] by Shin'ichi Sakamoto](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1661674856l/18462464._SX50_.jpg)















