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“If you mess around with language like that, it’s culture that suffers.”
― Hisashi Kashiwai, The Kamogawa Food Detectives

“You hate the cold and I love it,
but I love you more.
So always, even in winter, I pray for heat.”
― Ashley Woodfolk, Nothing Burns as Bright as You

“I sit in the moon-viewing pavilion, the hem of my sleeves wet from tears, and I cannot see for the grief has stolen my eyes, and I cannot speak for the grief has stolen my tongue.”
― Nghi Vo, When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain

“Thank you for crying over me," Momoko said. "When you're sad, don't try to hold it in. It's okay to cry a lot. The tears are there because you've got to go on living. You're going on living, which means there'll be more things to cry about. They'll come at you from all sides. So don't ever try to hide from the sadness. When it comes, cry it out. It's better to keep moving forward with that sadness; that's what it means to live.”
― Satoshi Yagisawa, More Days at the Morisaki Bookshop