Andrez Santos

“You can hide memories, but you can't erase the history that produced them.”
― Haruki Murakami, Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage

“This society hasn't changed one bit. People who don't fit into the village are expelled: men who don't hunt, women who don't give birth to children. For all we talk about modern society and individualism, anyone who doesn't try to fit in can expect to be meddled with, coerced, and ultimately banished from the village.”
― Sayaka Murata, コンビニ人間 [Konbini ningen]

“Once a man begins to recognize himself in another, he can no longer look on that person as a stranger.”
― Paul Auster, The Music of Chance

“The world's very small when you don't have anywhere to go.”
― Carlos Ruiz Zafón, The Prisoner of Heaven