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“Night ended, morning came, and as I looked out on the blueness spreading into the corners of the sky, I thought about what he had told me, about all the light that was there and yet impossible to see.”
― Mieko Kawakami, All the Lovers in the Night

“Because at night, only half the world remains.”
― Mieko Kawakami, All The Lovers In The Night

“That was the old composition and I had walked out of that world. I had literally walked off the stage.”
― Deborah Levy, August Blue

“Why does the night have to be so beautiful? As I walk through the night, I remember what Mitsutsuka said to me. “Because at night, only half the world remains.”
― Mieko Kawakami, All the Lovers in the Night