“You can smell it though, can’t you? Like roasted nuts and fruit.”
“... maybe it takes a long time to figure out what you're truly searching for. Maybe you spend your whole life just to figure out a small part of it."
"I don't know. I think maybe I've been wasting my time, just doing nothing."
"I don't think so. It's important to stand still sometimes. Think of it as a little rest in the long journey of your life. This is your harbor. And your boat is just dropping anchor here for a little while. And after you're well rested, you can set sail again.”
― Days at the Morisaki Bookshop
"I don't know. I think maybe I've been wasting my time, just doing nothing."
"I don't think so. It's important to stand still sometimes. Think of it as a little rest in the long journey of your life. This is your harbor. And your boat is just dropping anchor here for a little while. And after you're well rested, you can set sail again.”
― Days at the Morisaki Bookshop
“I wanted to see the whole world for myself. I wanted to see the whole range of possibilities. Your life is yours. It doesn't belong to anyone else. I wanted to know what it would mean to live life on my own terms.”
― Days at the Morisaki Bookshop
― Days at the Morisaki Bookshop
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