micaela

“When I start to feel emotional about something, I can't tell if I'm actually feeling that way. What if it's just something somebody wrote in a book? Or maybe a line or a performance from some movie... Either way, I get this feeling like I'm quoting somebody else's work.”
― Mieko Kawakami, All the Lovers in the Night

“Why does the night have to be so beautiful? As I walk through the night, I remember what Mitsutsuka said to me. “Because at night, only half the world remains.”
― Mieko Kawakami, All the Lovers in the Night

“Now that the light was gone, I closed my eyes softly, knowing it would only be a short time until the light came back in the morning.”
― Mieko Kawakami, All the Lovers in the Night

“I would look out and miss her so terribly that dreams of her took possession of my soul.”
― Shěn Fù, The Old Man of the Moon