Sarah Cameron

“He’d never understand what Sokcho was like. You had to be born here, live through the winters. The smells, the octopus. The isolation.”
― Elisa Shua Dusapin, Winter in Sokcho

“Everything that I could see was beautiful. I cried and cried, standing there, surrounded by that beauty, even though I wasn’t standing anywhere. I could hear the sound of my own tears. Everything was beautiful. Not that there was anyone to share it with, anyone to tell. Just the beauty.”
― Mieko Kawakami, Heaven

“That was the tragedy of our sisterhood. As soon as we came close to a mutual understanding, one of us changed, or both.”
― Ruth Madievsky, All-Night Pharmacy

“When I was writing, I realized something. Your voice reminds me of a 6B. I'm not sure if this is going to make sense, but it's like they're soft and rigid at the same time. Almost unbreakable.”
― Mieko Kawakami, Heaven