Arthur Ivan

“So I am no longer alone. I’ve been hoping something like this will happen for such a long time. Though I know it never will.”
― Mizuki Tsujimura, Lonely Castle in the Mirror

“Listen, if there is a hell, we're in it. And if there's a heaven, we're already there. This is it.”
― Mieko Kawakami, Heaven

“I always wanted to know about my family," Suraya said quietly, and her voice was small and sad. "But all I've learned of my grandmother so far is that she was a horrible, mean person. And I have her blood. What does that say about me?"
"It says that the most beautiful blooms come from the darkest soil.”
― Hanna Alkaf, The Girl and the Ghost

“What I'm really scared of is believing the words society makes me speak are my own.”
― Sayaka Murata, Earthlings