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Nov 22, 2025 05:11AM

“What I mean is, you know how there are people who die unexpectedly in an accident or from a sudden illness, and they never get the chance to say goodbye to anyone? Well, maybe, compared to them, I’m really fortunate. I still have time for all that.”
― Satoshi Yagisawa, Days at the Morisaki Bookshop

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“The beauty of pinball is in its unpredictability; you may hit a high score or lose it all, but the thrill is in the journey.”
― Haruki Murakami, Pinball, 1973

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“The descent is easy. What matters is who you are when you come back.”
― R.F. Kuang, Katabasis

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“At times my body feels like a prison, a solid, shifting island threading through the crowd”
― Han Kang, The White Book

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“Maybe you'll find your real ending once you stop looking for it. I think real endings tend to work their way in from the outside”
― Kaveh Akbar, Martyr!

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