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“She wanted even more: to be reborn always, to sever everything that she had learned, that she had seen, and inaugurate herself in new terrain where every tiny act had a meaning, where the air was breathed as if for the first time.”
― Clarice Lispector, Near to the Wild Heart

“Memory's funny, isn't it? We remember some things out of nowhere, but so much of what happens, we never think about again.”
― Mieko Kawakami, All the Lovers in the Night

“Why does the night have to be so beautiful?”
― Mieko Kawakami, All the Lovers in the Night

“Sadness and happiness are all experienced by someone else before us; we’re simply following their lead.”
― Mieko Kawakami, All The Lovers In The Night