Jae

“Still, being alone doesn't mean you have to be miserable. In that sense it's different from losing something. You've still got yourself, even if you lose everything else. You've got to have faith in yourself and not get down just because you're on your own.”
― Yoko Ogawa, The Diving Pool: Three Novellas

“I felt something loosen in me, that shouldn't have loosened. A stitch come undone.”
― Gillian Flynn, Dark Places

“It is hard to find a friend,' I said. 'It is the hardest thing in this world,' he agreed.”
― Patrick deWitt, The Sisters Brothers

“In friendship, bond not with a shallow man.”
― Ueda Akinari, Tales of Moonlight and Rain