“I need to cry some more. I’ll drown if I don’t. Can you understand that?
Of course. Sometimes you’re swimming in unwept tears and you’ll go under if you store them up inside. And I’m at the bottom of a sea of tears.”
― The Little Paris Bookshop
Of course. Sometimes you’re swimming in unwept tears and you’ll go under if you store them up inside. And I’m at the bottom of a sea of tears.”
― The Little Paris Bookshop
“But what would it be like to form a relationship with no preordained shape of any kind? Just to pour the water out and let it fall. I suppose it would take no shape, and run off in all directions”
― Beautiful World, Where Are You
― Beautiful World, Where Are You
“Midoriko, Midoriko... You wanna know the truth? You think there's always gonna be some truth, right? Who doesn't want to believe there's some kind of a truth to life? But know what? Not everything works like that. Some things don't work like that at all.”
― Breasts and Eggs
― Breasts and Eggs
“What exactly, qualifies as a 'real' family? Or a 'real' home? If the world is full of these 'real' families, why all the abuse? Why do some parent murder their own children?”
― Breasts and Eggs
― Breasts and Eggs
“Is it really too much to ask? For people like me to want a bit of that light for ourselves?”
― If You Could See the Sun
― If You Could See the Sun
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