Yelena

“Good tea is eloquent enough, it turns out, to change a person's mind.”
― Banana Yoshimoto, The Lake

“The human heart is like a night bird. Silently waiting for something, and when the time comes, it flies straight toward it.”
― Haruki Murakami, Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage

“Trust those who seek the truth but doubt those who say they have found it.”
― André Gide

“It was simply that she was only fully alive when she devoted herself to her singular ability to draw, and when she drew she was naturally always alone.”
― Tove Jansson, The True Deceiver