Ana

“Something I strongly believe is that we mustn't allow the death of a person to be the cause of unhappiness. The reason for that is simple: if we let everyone who dies be a cause for unhappiness, that would mean people are being born to be unhappy. But the opposite in fact is true. People are always born for the sake of happiness.”
― Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Before Your Memory Fades

“Translation means doing violence upon the original, means warping and distorting it for foreign, unintended eyes. So then where does that leave us? How can we conclude, except by acknowledging that an act of translation is then necessarily always an act of betrayal?”
― R.F. Kuang, Babel

“But realize this, brother. You fly no one’s flag. You’re free to seek your own harbour. And you can do so much more than tread water.”
― R.F. Kuang, Babel

“I’d be happy to be born, even for only one day if one day was all I had.”
― Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Before Your Memory Fades