Sanni (Book Lion)

“Every one of us is like an island; alone and lonely. It's not a bad thing. Solitude sets us free, just as loneliness brings depth to our lives. In the novels I like, the characters are like isolated islands. 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

“The artist must see all things as if he were seeing them for the first time. All his life he must see as he did when he was a child.”
― Henri Matisse

“Happiness does not exist in a place. It lives in every breath we take. You need to choose to take it in, over and over again.”
― Samantha Sotto Yambao, Water Moon

“I wanted to see the whole world for myself. I wanted to see the whole range of possibilities. Your life is yours. It doesn't belong to anyone else. I wanted to know what it would mean to live life on my own terms.”
― Satoshi Yagisawa, Days at the Morisaki Bookshop