Sabeshini

“Don’t be afraid to love someone. When you fall in love, I want you to fall in love all the way. Even if it ends in heartache, please don’t live a lonely life without love. I’ve been so worried that because of what happened you’ll give up on falling in love. Love is wonderful. I don’t want you to forget that. Those memories of people you love, they never disappear. They go on warming your heart as long as you live. When you get old like me, you’ll understand.”
― Satoshi Yagisawa, Days at the Morisaki Bookshop

“Do all six-year-olds know what death is? Or is it only children of war?”
― Zoulfa Katouh, As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow

“Help out? What is it with you and ‘helping out?’ You’re going to ‘help out’ with chores. ‘Help out’ with raising our baby. ‘Help out’ with finding me a new job. Isn’t this your house, too? Your home? Your child? And if I work, don’t you spend my pay, too? Why do you keep saying ‘help out’ like you’re volunteering to pitch in on someone else’s work?”
― Cho Nam-Joo, Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982

“புதைக்கிற மகன்களை எல்லாம் விதைக்கிற விதைகளாக எண்ணிக்கொண்டு இருக்கும் ஈழத்துத் தாய்களிடம் நான் காண்பது உன் முகம் தானே தாயே?”
― Na. Muthukumar, அணிலாடும் முன்றில்