“I've finally experienced what the poet felt. The deep sense of loss after you've met the woman you love, have made love, then said goodbye. Like you're suffocating. The same emotion hasn't changed at all in a thousand years.”
― Hombres sin mujeres
― Hombres sin mujeres
“So in the end maybe that’s the challenge: to look inside your own heart as perceptively and seriously as you can, and to make peace with what you find there. If we hope to truly see another person, we have to start by looking within ourselves.” Takatsuki”
― Men Without Women
― Men Without Women
“Tobacco’s a killer,” Kafuku said. “Being alive is a killer, if you think about it,” Misaki said.”
― Men Without Women: Stories
― Men Without Women: Stories
“no one really
knows anyone. That’s the thing
about relationships - people are
always saying, “I want to know you,
I want to know who you are.” But
it is so hard for anyone to even
know themselves. Who I am is
always changing, so how can anyone
else share in that?”
― Before Sunrise & Before Sunset: Two Screenplays
knows anyone. That’s the thing
about relationships - people are
always saying, “I want to know you,
I want to know who you are.” But
it is so hard for anyone to even
know themselves. Who I am is
always changing, so how can anyone
else share in that?”
― Before Sunrise & Before Sunset: Two Screenplays
“dry ground welcoming the rain, he let the solitude, silence, and loneliness soak in.”
― Men Without Women
― Men Without Women
Kristy’s 2025 Year in Books
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