JM

“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

“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

“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

“I'm not special. I'll never become a genius. I can only get better through practice. I guess... I'll just have to work until you can't tell the difference between me and a genius.”
― Tsubasa Yamaguchi, ブルーピリオド 1 [Blue Period 1]