Red

“in despair there are the most intense enjoyments, especially when one is very acutely conscious of the hopelessness of one's position.”
― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Notes from the Underground

“I was born in a town that was straight out of a fairy tale. Many people died there, and when I walked away, I held hands with my other self. To me it seemed like we were the only two people in the world. Neither one of us possessed a real name.”
― Naoki Urasawa

“I want to talk about everything with at least one person as I talk about things with myself.”
― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Idiot

“Judging by this picture,' I told her, 'I'd say you were the happiest girl in the world.'
She shook her head slowly. Charming lines appeared at the corners of her eyes; she looked as if she were recalling some far-off scene from the past. 'Hajime, you can't tell anything from photographs. They're just a shadow. The real me is far away. That won't show up in a picture.”
― Haruki Murakami, South of the Border, West of the Sun