Elif

“Happamine.”
“What’s that mean?”
“It’s, like, dopamine that comes out when you’re really happy.”
― Mieko Kawakami, Heaven

“Writing is routinely described as creative —this has never struck me as a correct word. Planting tulips is creative. To plant a bulb(I imagine, I've never done it) is to participate in some small way in the cyclic miracle of creation. Writing is control.”
― Zadie Smith, Intimations

“There is no great difference between novels and banana bread. They are both just something to do.”
― Zadie Smith, Intimations

“I feel like I’m in one of those old samurai movies.”
― M.L. Wang, The Sword of Kaigen