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“He thinks we’re what we look like on the outside: nice Southern ladies. Let me tell you something…there’s nothing nice about Southern ladies.”
― Grady Hendrix, The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires

“…If we see shooting stars, what would you wish for, Punpun?
Wishing upon shooting stars doesn’t make them come true.
Right, but what if. What would you wish if they did…?
I’d wish for shooting stars to disappear forever.”
― Inio Asano, おやすみプンプン 11 [Oyasumi Punpun 11]

“... back then the sky seemed so vast.

And now the sky above me... is low, and narrow, and heavy.”
― Inio Asano, Solanin

“All my life
I have been restless-
I have felt there is something
more wonderful than gloss-
than wholeness-
than staying at home.”
― Mary Oliver, New and Selected Poems, Volume One