Misfortune

“Wait for me, he said, where the land meets the sea.
But I have waited for you, every day for a year, and you haven't come. What am I to do? How can I go on, waiting like this, when I know you will never come?”
― Axie Oh, The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea

“On the other hand, I was equally afraid that they might not recognize my true self when they saw it, but imagine that it was just some new twist to my clowning-occasion for additional snickers.”
― Osamu Dazai, No Longer Human

“Sometimes I can be thoughtless. And I like to tease. But you can depend upon me.”
― Axie Oh, The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea

“Look Shin, I found your soul." I lift my palm. At the center sits the pebble with the carving of the lotus flower... "It might not be as large as a mountain or as bright as the moon, but it's your soul. It's strong, resilient, and steadfast. And stubborn. And worthy, just as you are.”
― Axie Oh, The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea