Madeline

“We fool ourselves that we can protect the people we love, because if we accepted the truth we’d never let them out of our sight.”
― Fredrik Backman, The Winners

“Even if you try to destroy a book, it doesn’t disappear that easily. Right now, in places all over the world, people have connections to books.”
― Sōsuke Natsukawa, The Cat Who Saved Books

“Logic and reason are never the best weapons in an irrational world.”
― Sōsuke Natsukawa, The Cat Who Saved Books

“Of course, winning is much better than losing. No argument there. But winning or losing doesn’t affect the weight and value of the time. It’s the same time, either way. A minute is a minute, an hour is an hour. We need to cherish it. We need to deftly reconcile ourselves with time, and leave behind as many precious memories as we can—that’s what’s the most valuable.”
― Haruki Murakami, First Person Singular: Stories