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“We have a large selection,” Nozomi says, as her gaze travels over the shelf. “But choosing can be difficult because, in the beginning, you don’t know what you don’t know.”
― Michiko Aoyama, What You Are Looking for is in the Library

“All this time, I believed that I had no talent for drawing. I believed I could never have a normal working life. Now I was starting to wonder. How much had my own thinking limited my opportunities?”
― Michiko Aoyama, What You Are Looking for Is in the Library

“There are so many things to do, but I won’t make the excuse that I have no time anymore. Instead, I will think about what I can do with the time I have. One day is going to become tomorrow.”
― Michiko Aoyama, What You Are Looking for is in the Library

“Until now, I have always thought of things in terms of whether or not they could be useful to me in some way. But that may have become my stumbling block. Now I know the importance of the heart being moved, I have a list of things I want to try. Learning to make buckwheat soba noodles, for one, and tour historical sites and do English conversation lessons online, on the computer that Yoriko taught me how to use. I’d even like to try wool felting. And if I happen to see any job vacancy posting that moves me, then I might give that a try too.”
― Michiko Aoyama, What You Are Looking for is in the Library