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“When I hear stars whispering at night I feel part of the eternal flow of time.”
― Durian Sukegawa, Sweet Bean Paste

“It seemed to me both that I had known her for a long time and that I had known nothing and had not lived before she came.”
― Ivan Turgenev

“She said that was the only way for us to live, to be like the poets.”
― Durian Sukegawa, Sweet Bean Paste

“if you are really like me, then before you leave tomorrow, or when you’re just ready to shut the door of the taxi and have already said goodbye to everyone else and there’s not a thing left to say in this life, then , just this once, turn to me, even in jest, or as an afterthought, which would have meant everything to me when we were together, and, as you did back then, look me in the face, hold my gaze, and call me by your name.”
― André Aciman