stysia

“Because we’re always in pain, we know exactly what it means to hurt somebody else.”
― Mieko Kawakami, Heaven

“The present hadn’t changed — but those two people had. Both Kohtake and Hirai returned to the present with a changed heart.”
― Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Before the Coffee Gets Cold

“I almost never feel like eveything’s okay, but just because most of my life feels wrong doesn’t mean that’s how I want it to be. There’s a part of me that doesn’t feel like anything is wrong or okay. Just normal. That’s the part of me I like, the normal part.”
― Mieko Kawakami, Heaven

“You seized the happiness you have now.”
― Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Before the Coffee Gets Cold