“When I try to picture for myself what a happy life might look like, the picture hasn’t changed very much since I was a child—a house with flowers and trees around it, and a river nearby, and a room full of books, and someone there to love me, that’s all.”
― Beautiful World, Where Are You
― Beautiful World, Where Are You
“Take my day, they sang, but give me the night. Feed the hearth and ready the brew, for I am coming home to you.”
― The Vanished Birds
― The Vanished Birds
“I know that if I really had any talent I would have done something with my life by now – I don’t delude myself about that. If I tried I’m sure I would fail and that’s why I’ve never tried.”
― Beautiful World, Where Are You
― Beautiful World, Where Are You
“Dana nestled into the crook of Fumiko’s neck and whispered, “If we can’t have what is ours, then no one can.”
― The Vanished Birds
― The Vanished Birds
“But if you think there’s any chance that I could make you happy, I wish you would let me try. Because it’s the only thing I really want to do with my life.”
― Beautiful World, Where Are You
― Beautiful World, Where Are You
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