Miko

“Don’t be afraid to love someone. When you fall in love, I want you to fall in love all the way. Even if it ends in heartache, please don’t live a lonely life without love. I’ve been so worried that because of what happened you’ll give up on falling in love. Love is wonderful. I don’t want you to forget that. Those memories of people you love, they never disappear. They go on warming your heart as long as you live. When you get old like me, you’ll understand.”
― Satoshi Yagisawa, Days at the Morisaki Bookshop

“We’re so often the ones who sow the seeds of our own downfall.”
― Fumio Yamamoto, The Dilemmas of Working Women

“She was the same person, but she also wasn't. Many things had changed, but some things would be even more different in the future. Maybe her transformation wasn't only because she had the strength to overcome her experiences and her pain. Maybe the times she'd struggled to stay affloat had turned her into someone else. Now she would be happy even if she came to understand only one single thing, even if that was all. Now death was something that would be determined by her. And the same was true of life. It was hers and only hers.”
― Kyung-ran Jo, Blowfish

“Books are not meant to remain in your mind, but in your heart. Maybe they exist in your mind too, but as something more than memories. At a crossroads in life, a forgotten sentence or a story from years ago can come back to offer an invisible hand and guide you to a decision. Personally, I feel like the books I've read led me to make the choices I've made in life. While I may not remember all the details, the stories continue to exert a quiet influence on me.”
― Hwang Bo-reum, Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop