Of Dogs and Walls Quotes

“Living right in the heart of Tokyo itself is quite like living in the mountains – in the midst of so many people, one hardly sees anyone.”
― Yūko Tsushima, Of Dogs and Walls

“You’re convinced everything would be fine if we lived together. If only we could. But you live in a world I don’t recognize. What a halcyon glow our childhood must have for you.”
― Yūko Tsushima, Of Dogs and Walls

“People depend on their misfortunes. We curse them, but we're actually wedded to them, proud of them even.”
― Yūko Tsushima, Of Dogs and Walls

“We mortals who dwell on land have always imagined, at the bottom of the sea, another world where we are not meant to go, chill and beautiful.”
― Yūko Tsushima, Of Dogs and Walls

“Meanwhile, the child was gazing intently, wordlessly, at the underwater world. Perhaps a child could conjure up what he wanted to see from what was reflected on his retinas.”
― Yūko Tsushima, Of Dogs and Walls

“Just as my mother belonged in the kitchen, my father belonged in the graveyard.”
― Yūko Tsushima, Of Dogs and Walls