Japan
Japanophile~
Japan
he tried to prepare himself for disappointment, even as he yearned to be proven wrong.
Hanya Yanagihara • A Little Life: The Million-Copy Bestseller (Picador Collection)
EVERY CLOUD HAS A SILVER LINING
Haruki Murakami • Killing Commendatore: A novel
believe in all honesty that something will appear to guide me through the darkest and narrowest tunnel, or across the most desolate plain. That’s
Haruki Murakami • Killing Commendatore: A novel
I might think I can’t take it anymore, that I can’t go on anymore, but one way or another I get past that.”
Haruki Murakami • After Dark
“I knew that it was cruel to be so optimistic, but, in my solitude, I couldn't resist the urge and spent entire days basking in idiotic fantasies, sometimes verging on prayer.”
―
Mieko Kawakami,
Heaven
―
Mieko Kawakami,
Heaven
A quote from Heaven
There’s no rush. You’re right on time. 🌸 Bay area friends, I’ll be at the SF Cherry Blossom Festival in Japantown this weekend April 20-21, right outside the Kinokuniya (which has copies of Loading Penguin Hugs)! Please come say hi! 😊
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