Cyn

“that. But the more we meet up, the harder it gets. Every time I see him, I dunno . . . it just gets harder. I mean, it’s good when we’re together. But after . . . I don’t know how to explain it. ‘Dead inside’ is a little too dramatic. I just feel hard and numb, like some part of me is losing all feeling. I can’t stand being alone. I know this is my own doing, but it makes me really sad. It’s hard to put my finger on it, but I know it wasn’t supposed to be like this.”
― Mieko Kawakami, All The Lovers In The Night

“In the novels I love, the characters used to be like isolated islands, until their fates gradually intertwined; the kind of stories where you whisper, 'You were here?' and a voice answers, 'Yes, always.”
― Hwang Bo-reum, Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop

“to me that maybe I was where I was today because I hadn’t chosen anything.”
― Mieko Kawakami, All The Lovers In The Night

“In a world where you don’t know what will happen next, I just do what I can right now.”
― Michiko Aoyama, What You Are Looking for is in the Library