Shaina

“Only where there is disillusionment and depression and sorrow does happiness arise: without the despair of loss, there is no hope.”
― Haruki Murakami, Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World

“Marathon

2. Song of the River

Once we were happy, we had no memories.
For all the repetition, nothing happened twice.
We were always walking parallel to a river
with no sense of progression
though the trees across from us
were sometimes birch, sometimes cypress-
the sky was blue, a matrix of blue glass.

While, in the river, things were going by-
a few leaves, a child's boat painted red and white,
its sail stained by the water-

As they passed, on the surface we could see ourselves;
we seemed to drift
apart and together, as the river
linked us forever, though up ahead
were other couples, choosing souvenirs.”
― Louise Glück, The Triumph of Achilles

“fairness is like love. What is given has nothing to do with what we seek”
― Haruki Murakami, Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World

“And perhaps you should get some new stories, so I don’t fucking kill myself of boredom.”
― Madeline Miller, The Song of Achilles