Tanina

“I can see you change,” he told us, his eyes narrowed in interest. “Your body language. How you talk. Your eyes. You’re not always the same person, are you?”
― Akwaeke Emezi, Freshwater

“THIS IS NOT a book about not doing anything; it’s a book about doing nothing. The difference is in the act: unlike plain indolence, doing nothing is a considered attitude that calls at once for patience and alertness.”
― Roman Muradov, On Doing Nothing: Finding Inspiration in Idleness

“Olanna felt the slow sadness of missing a person who was still there.”
― Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Half of a Yellow Sun

“Why my wife owned a shotgun, I had no idea. Or ski masks. Neither of us had ever skied. But she didn't explain and I didn't ask. Married life is weird, I felt.”
― Haruki Murakami, The Elephant Vanishes