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“I’m sorry. I thought you were trying to steal the sandwich from me,” Rose muttered as she sat on his handkerchief. “I would never do that.” “Why not?” “There isn’t an idiot in the world who would snatch away something that delights the woman he loves.”
― Hello, I am a Witch and my Crush Wants me to Make a Love Potion! Vol. 2
― Hello, I am a Witch and my Crush Wants me to Make a Love Potion! Vol. 2
“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...”
― The Convenience Store by the Sea
― The Convenience Store by the Sea
“Ever since kindergarten, Azusa had dreamed of becoming a pastry chef. The first thing she remembered writing was an essay about building a shop that looked like a gingerbread house.”
― The Convenience Store by the Sea
― The Convenience Store by the Sea
“The words were so foreign to Azusa she had a hard time understanding them. Critical, cancer, terminal, caregivers. She'd read them in books and heard them on television dramas, sure enough, but was Nayuta describing her own father?”
― The Convenience Store by the Sea
― The Convenience Store by the Sea
“That's not the point!' he shouted. 'It's got nothing to do with what someone else would do! To tear myself apart about about this for so long, and then when the crucial moment comes, to make the same mistake again? - I can't forgive myself, and there's nothing I can do about it!”
― The Convenience Store by the Sea
― The Convenience Store by the Sea
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