Carly

“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?”
― Sonoko Machida, The Convenience Store by the Sea

“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.”
― Eiko Mutsuhana, Hello, I am a Witch and my Crush Wants me to Make a Love Potion! Vol. 2

“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

“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.”
― Sonoko Machida, The Convenience Store by the Sea