Eva Swift

“The ones who did it can always rationalize their actions and even forget what they did. They can turn away from things they don't want to see. But the surviving victims can never forget. They can't turn away. Their memories are passed on from parent to child. That's what the world is, after all: an endless battle of contrasting memories.”
― Haruki Murakami, 1Q84

“He loved October. Had always loved it. There was something sad and beautiful about it - the ending and beginning of things.”
― Jacqueline Woodson, If You Come Softly

“Perhaps all humans are lonely. At least potentially.”
― Kazuo Ishiguro, Klara and the Sun

“For a few seconds I stood there in a strange, dim place. Where the things I could see did not exist. Where the invisible did.”
― Haruki Murakami, Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman