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“Oh wow,” he said. “How did I not know that all this time Satoru had a cute, young niece.” I flashed a sweet smile. It was lucky for me he hadn’t seen my shameful appearance this morning. Maybe he was a sweet old guy after all. He seemed pleasant enough, and what’s more, he had good taste.”
― Satoshi Yagisawa, Days at the Morisaki Bookshop

“Before long, my stomach refused to take in any food. I couldn’t sleep at night. My weight dropped precipitously. And, despite my attempts to hide it with makeup, my complexion became so pale that I looked like a corpse.”
― Satoshi Yagisawa, Days at the Morisaki Bookshop

“When I turned off the lights, the room suddenly fell completely silent. It was like all those books were absorbing the sound.”
― Satoshi Yagisawa, Days at the Morisaki Bookshop

“Vanilla grows in hot, wet places. It’s a climbing vine that produces a beautiful flower that blooms for only a day. If the right kind of bee comes along during that day, carrying exactly the right kind of pollen, you get vanilla beans. Society has decided that ‘vanilla’ means plain and boring, but it’s actually quite rare and special. I grow it in my greenhouse. What you buy in the little brown jars at the store can’t compare. Smell.”
― Delilah S. Dawson, Bloom