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“You discover something about that work that tugs at your heart--or maybe we should say the work discovers you.”

and if there’s one thing a japanese author will do it’s incorporate a cat in the narrative … jp lit 🫂 cats (no complaints here)

‘…we pass a dog standing by the tracks, staring vacantly at the train rushing by. Watching this scenery makes me feel warm and calm all over again. You're going to be okay, I tell myself, taking a deep breath. All you can do is forge on ahead.’

‘On my fifteenth birthday I'll run away from home, journey to a far-off town, and live in a corner of a small library.’
i still dream of doing this (25 year old woman, forever 15 years old)