Leon Vuong

“In order to gain something, you have to lose something,” she always said. People are always trying to get something for nothing. But that’s just theft. If you’ve gained something, it means that someone, somewhere, has lost something. Even happiness is built on someone else’s misfortune. She often reminded me of this. In fact, she considered it one of the laws of the universe.”
― Genki Kawamura, If Cats Disappeared from the World

“I'm sorry for the rabbit hole I'm about to introduce you to.”
― Cat Voleur, Revenge Arc

“As I consider that
we'll never meet again
I also consider how
there's no reason that we cannot

Will we meet
or will it simply end like this
drawn by the light
trampled by shadows”
― Haruki Murakami, First Person Singular: Stories

“Love has to end. That’s all. And even though everyone knows it they still fall in love. I guess it’s the same with life. We all know it has to end someday, but even so we act as if we’re going to live forever. Like love, life is beautiful because it has to end.”
― Genki Kawamura, If Cats Disappeared from the World