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“When I look back, the word that sums up the life I’d lived up till this point, all twenty-five years of it, is “adequate.” I was born to an adequately wealthy family, graduated from an adequately good school, got a job at an adequately good company.”
― Satoshi Yagisawa, Days at the Morisaki Bookshop

“The coping mechanism I ultimately went with was to devote my life to sleep. Even I was surprised by how sleepy I was. I know it was probably my body’s way of helping me avoid reality, but once I buried myself in my covers, I would fall asleep right away. I spent days in a deep sleep in my little room, drifting all alone through outer space.”
― Satoshi Yagisawa, Days at the Morisaki Bookshop

“It’s been me and you against the world forever,” he says. “It’s always been that way. It’s my fault I took so long to do something about it.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Shatter Me

“It’s important to stand still sometimes. Think of it as a little rest in the long journey of your life. This is your harbor. And your boat is just dropping anchor here for a little while. And after you’re well rested, you can set sail again.”
― Satoshi Yagisawa, Days at the Morisaki Bookshop