“He often wondered, in that suburban second story, if people who loved each other had to cause each other pain.”
― The Life of a Stupid Man
― The Life of a Stupid Man
“We should not be upset that others hide the truth from us, when we hide it so often from ourselves.”
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“Always, Christmas brought out the best and the worst in people.”
― Small Things Like These
― Small Things Like These
“After all, things thought but left unsaid only fester inside you.”
― A Cup of Sake Beneath the Cherry Trees
― A Cup of Sake Beneath the Cherry Trees
“Why did this one have to be born – to come into the world like all the others, this world so full of suffering? Why did this one have to bear the destiny of having a father like me? This was the first son his wife bore him.”
― The Life of a Stupid Man
― The Life of a Stupid Man
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