Carly

“Their faces lit up as they looked at the picture that Yoshirō had made. A smile rose of its own accord on his face. The whole reason he wanted to draw in the first place, he recalled, was to see faces like these. He wanted to draw pictures that would make people really feel something.”
― Sonoko Machida, The Convenience Store by the Sea

“Books are one thing I love above all else. In a story, I can become anyone, travel any place. In those pages lives my only true freedom. We”
― Sherry D. Ficklin, Queen of Someday

“Oh please, stop,' said Mogi. 'You've made a terrible mistake. Do you understand that your actual skills are at the level of an elementary student's notebook scrawl? It's a miracle that you ever made it to the finals at all!”
― Sonoko Machida, The Convenience Store by the Sea

“I did the exact same thing again. I spent so much time in my head about it, thinking no way ever again will I let this happen. I was sure that was enough, but I was a total failure. Just because I got a little mad...”
― Sonoko Machida, The Convenience Store by the Sea