Jordan

“Because we’re always in pain, we know exactly what it means to hurt somebody else.”
― Mieko Kawakami, Heaven

“There is a time for any fledgling artist where one's taste exceeds one's abilities. The only way to get through this period is to make things anyway.”
― Gabrielle Zevin, Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

“It was the first snow-fall since before New Year, and Moomintroll was greatly surprised.
One flake after the other landed on his warm snout and melted away. He caught several in his paw to admire them for a fleeting moment, he looked towards the sky and saw them sinking down straight at him, more and more, softer and lighter than bird's down.
'Oh, it's like this,' thought Moomintroll. 'I believed it simply formed on the ground somehow.'
The air was milder. There was nothing in sight except falling snow, and Moomintroll was caught by the same kind of excitement he used to feel at times when he was wading out for a swim. He threw off his bath-gown, and himself headlong in to a snowdrift.
'So that's winter too!' he thought. 'You can even like it!”
― Tove Jansson, Moominland Midwinter

“When you figured out Sam's dead mother's name, you decided that it was fate, and from that day forward, Sam would be your brother. A name is destiny, if you think it is.”
― Gabrielle Zevin, Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow