“The animal moved. There were three veterans at that table, battle-scarred soldiers who had served their countries honorably in more than one war … and all three of us screamed like small children and recoiled in horror.”
― What Moves the Dead
― What Moves the Dead
“No matter where I went, no matter who I was with, if I could be honest with myself, then that was where I belonged.”
― Days at the Morisaki Bookshop
― Days at the Morisaki Bookshop
“I had too many ideals and ambitions for one person, and because of that, I ended up without a single one I could hold on to.”
― Days at the Morisaki Bookshop
― Days at the Morisaki Bookshop
“The key to meaningful work is in the decision to keep returning to the efforts you find important. Not in getting everything right every time.”
― Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout
― Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout
“It is a hallmark of failing societies, I’ve learned, this requirement that one always be in possession of a valid reason to exist.”
― One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This
― One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This
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