Emily

“All living creatures change in response to others. Coming out of the grasslands and seeing new people had softened the cracked plane of my heart, though attachment creates vulnerabilities. That's why hermits and sages of old always retired to a cave on the mountain... though the ones I met were all very ill-tempered, unwashed old men.”
― Yangsze Choo, The Fox Wife

“Revenge is a terrible dish to consume. It eats one from the inside out, no matter what they say about it being best served cold. As the Chinese saying goes, “When a gentleman takes his vengeance, ten years is not too late.”* But you and I know that chilled food inevitably leads to an upset stomach.”
― Yangsze Choo, The Fox Wife

“The only thing that matters now is what you leave 'em with. If you drop this thing in the middle of the second act, they'll forget that they ever loved you. You've gotta earn it all over again now.”
― Elizabeth Gilbert, City of Girls

“There’s a painting by René Magritte entitled Not to Be Reproduced in which a man with his back turned is looking into a mirror at the back of another version of himself inside the mirror, who is likewise looking into the depths of the reflection.”
― Keiichirō Hirano, A Man