“Human lives are based on pain. But to have a few moments of happiness, lightnings tearing the darkness of the sky, that is worth it.”
- Costanza Casati, Clytemnestra
"But, I don't know, maybe it takes a long time to figure out what you're truly searching for. Maybe you spend your whole life to figure out a small part of it." - Satoshi Yagisawa, Days at the Morisaki Bookshop (Translation by Eric Ozawa)
"And so my days drifted by, a joyous mix of sun worship, escaping from lessons, and the heavy leaden smell of paint." - Laura Shepperson, Phaedra
"It's not hard to own something. Or everything. You just have to know that it's yours and then be willing to let it go." - Neil Gaiman, Stardust
"We're still friends. I just can't trust her or tell her anything important." - Tessa Bailey, It Happened One Summer
“Heaven truly was an untouched stash of books, just waiting to be opened and read.” — Hester Fox, The Last Heir to Blackwood Library
"The late afternoon sky bloomed in the window for a moment like the blue honey of the Mediterranean," - F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
Eliana Arvizu
"I wanted to see the whole world for myself. I wanted to see the whole range of possibilities. Your life is yours. It doesn't belong to anyone else. I wanted to know what it would mean to live life on my own terms." - Satoshi Yagisawa, Days at the Morisaki Bookshop (Translation by Eric Ozawa)