✿ nhubert

“That’s why contemporary society is dysfunctional. They might mumble nice things about diversity of lifestyles and whatnot, but in the end nothing has changed since prehistoric times.”
― Sayaka Murata, Convenience Store Woman

“Hence, foundering halfway between the abyss and the peak, they drifted rather than lived, given up to aimless days and sterile memories, wandering shadows who could only have found strength by resigning themselves to taking root in the soil of their distress.”
― Albert Camus, The Plague

“goes on like this and we can’t compensate for the things that get lost, the island will soon be nothing but absences and holes, and when it’s completely hollowed out, we’ll all disappear without a trace. Don’t you ever feel that way?”
― Yōko Ogawa, The Memory Police

“Yours' like 'Later!', had an off-the-cuff, unceremonious, 'here, catch' quality that reminded me how twisted and secretive my desires were compared to the expansive spontaneity of everything about him.”
― André Aciman, Call Me By Your Name