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“Dreams are like doors. They’re like portals to another reality, and once they’re open, you better watch out.”
― Ruth Ozeki, The Book of Form and Emptiness

“Every person is trapped in their own particular bubble of delusion, and it's every person's task in life to break free. Books can help. We can make the past into the present, take you back in time and help you remember. We can show you things, shift your realities and widen your world, but the work of waking up is up to you.”
― Ruth Ozeki, The Book of Form and Emptiness

“Idol groups generally assigned each member an official color, which would be used for the light sticks that fans would hold up to show your support at a performance or for other individual merch. My oshi's was blue, so I systematically surrounded myself with everything blue. Just being in a blue space made me feel calm.”
― Rin Usami, Idol, Burning

“Some people love their children more than they love their partner,’ says Ibrahim, ‘and some people love their partner more than their children. And no one can ever admit to either thing.”
― Richard Osman, The Thursday Murder Club