Vki

“Closing your eyes isn't going to change anything. Nothing's going to disappear just because you can't see what's going on. In fact, things will even be worse the next time you open your eyes. That's the kind of world we live in. Keep your eyes wide open. Only a coward closes his eyes. Closing your eyes and plugging up your ears won't make time stand still.”
― Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore

“What is pertinent is the calmness of beauty, its sense of restraint. It is as though the land knows of its own beauty, its own greatness, and feels no need to shout it.”
― Kazuo Ishiguro, The Remains of the Day

“Hindi ka maaaring hindi magmahal kahit pa mapasa iyo lahat. Maaari kang maging pinakamayamang tao sa mundo, pinakamatalino, pinakamakapangyarihan, at walang pangarap na hindi kayang kunin o abutin pero kung hindi ka marunong magmahal, sino ka?”
― Bob Ong, Si

“We should be choosing what we want to keep, not what we want to get rid of.”
― Marie Kondō, The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing