Cherry Lawliedh

“A man sometimes devotes his life to a desire which he is not sure will ever be fulfilled. Those who laugh at this folly are, after all, no more than mere spectators of life.”
― Ryunosuke Akutagawa, Rashomon and Other Stories

“They don't realise that they've changed; they think it's the world that changed.”
― ryu murakami, Coin Locker Babies

“I have heard unsavory rumors about you and the umbrella-maker's daughter”
― Ryunosuke Akutagawa, Rashōmon and Seventeen Other Stories

“17. Butterfly

A butterfly fluttered its wings in a wind thick with the smell of seaweed. His dry lips felt the touch of the butterfly for the briefest instant, yet the wisp of wing dust still shone on his lips years later.”
― Ryūnosuke Akutagawa