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“Anyway, the phrase 'if only' meant nothing in life. He was the product of his choices, and that was all there was to it.”
― Sanaka Hiiragi, The Lantern of Lost Memories

“We read because we want to be understood. And don't we all wish that the person we love will be able to see the pain we are carrying? And when the characters in the novel hug each other, somehow it feels like we're being comforted too.”
― Hwang Bo-Reum, Every Day I Read: 53 Ways to Get Closer to Books

“I am not talented at all. It's just that I spend more time thinking about art than others. Also, thank you for your kind words, but... art still requires you to study various techniques and such. So when you simply call it talent like that, it makes it sound like I haven't done anything...”
― Tsubasa Yamaguchi, ブルーピリオド 1 [Blue Period 1]

“Art is not one great act of creation, but many small ones. When you read one of my poems, you fail to see the weeks of careful work it took me to build it--the thinking, the scratched-out words, the pages I burned in disgust. All you see, in the end, is what I want you to see.”
― Samantha Shannon, The Priory of the Orange Tree