Debika

“There are lots of people in the world who act just for appearance's sake --- in order to seem great in the eyes of others. That type of person worries first about how they are reflected in other people's eyes, and they inadvertently end up neglecting their true selves, as they really are. I hope you don't become that sort of person.

And that is why you absolutely must attend to the things you feel in your own heart the things that move you deeply. That is what is most important now and always. Do not forget this, and think carefully about what it means.”
― Genzaburo Yoshino, How Do You Live?

“I could study you for a lifetime, carrying all your peculiarities and discretions in the webs of my spidery palms, and still feel empty-handed”
― Olivie Blake, Alone With You in the Ether

“And with extraordinary abilities, isn’t it possible that one might just as easily accomplish extraordinarily bad things?”
― Genzaburo Yoshino, How Do You Live?

“If you think only of that one thing, you'll never be able to change it, but if your regrets help you to really learn an essential thing about being human, that experience won't have been wasted on you. Your life afterward, thanks to that, will be better and stronger than it was before.”
― Genzaburo Yoshino, How Do You Live?