"There: Soft Fingers On Vibrating Steel, And A Chord, Shimmered Into The Air, Nebulous And Milky, Like
"There: soft fingers on vibrating steel, and a chord, shimmered into the air, nebulous and milky, like light from an old, old star. A voice: warm and low and gentle, a voice to cast spells, charm snakes, shape the course of dreams." - Gail Honeyman, Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine
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"Day by day, the leaves of the trees along the streets turned to gold. It delighted me to see how well the changing colors matched the slow transformation happening inside me." - Satoshi Yagisawa, Days at the Morisaki Bookshop (Translation by Eric Ozawa)
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— Mary Oliver, The Pond
"I would not let a man who knew the value of nothing make me doubt the value of myself." - Jennifer Saint, Ariadne
"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)
"Memory never recaptures reality. Memory reconstructs. All reconstructions change the original, becoming external frames of reference that inevitably fall short." - Frank Herbert, Heretics of Dune
"We will see each other soon. Our lives are being torn apart now, but we will find a way back to each other, just as water finds its way around rocks." - Costanza Casati, Clytemnestra
"Don't be afraid to love someone. When you fall in love, I want you to fall in love all the way. Even if it ends in heartache, please don't live a lonely life without love. I've been so worried that because of what happened you'll give up on falling in love… Love is wonderful. I don't want you to forget that. Those memories of people you love, they never disappear. They go on warming your heart as long as you live." - Satoshi Yagisawa, Days at the Morisaki Bookshop (Translation by Eric Ozawa)
