Vera Choo

“You're not telling me anything I don't know already. 'Relax your body, and the rest of you will ligthen up.' What's the point of saying that to me? If I relaxed my body now, I'd fall apart. I've always lived like this, and its' the only way I know how to go on living. If I relaxed for a second, I'd never find my way back. I'd go to pieces, and the pieces would be blown away. Why can't you see that? How can you talk about watching over me if you can't see that?”
― Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood

“To tell you the truth, though, I loved his weak side, too. I loved it as much as I loved his good side. There was absolutely nothing mean or sneaky about him. He was weak: that's all.”
― Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood

“Not knowing, he said, is a thousand times more horrible than facing your fear.”
― Jodi Picoult, Lone Wolf

“That what one person sees as a difference of opinion can be, to the other person, a sign of great disrespect.”
― Jodi Picoult, Lone Wolf