Monica Perez

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Book cover for In the Café of Lost Youth (New York Review Books Classics)
When I look up “bohemian” in the dictionary, I find: A person who leads a wandering life, without rules or worries about the next day.
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Toshikazu Kawaguchi
“She wanted to do things without having to worry what others thought.
She simply lived for her freedom.”
Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Before the Coffee Gets Cold

“It is very hard to show up as the person you want to be when you are surrounded by an environment that makes you feel like a person you aren’t.”
Brianna Wiest, The Mountain Is You: Transforming Self-Sabotage Into Self-Mastery

Ann Napolitano
“She wondered if dying was simply going to be an exercise in letting go of one thing after another.”
Ann Napolitano, Hello Beautiful

Emily Henry
“You can't force a person to show up, but you can learn a lesson when they don't”
Emily Henry, Funny Story

Toshikazu Kawaguchi
“At the end of the day, whether one returns to the past or travels to the future, the present doesn't change.”
Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Before the Coffee Gets Cold

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