“I wondered if the Demon that whispered "Why not be free?" was Freedom itself.”
― Inio Asano, quote from Solanin
“Isn't it better to regret things you've done, than regret things you've never even tried?”
― Inio Asano, quote from Solanin
“When you're sincere about doing something, you're stalked by the fear that there's no turning back.”
― Inio Asano, quote from Solanin
“The world is drowning in weirdness and lies......and here we are, so used to it that we're actually bored!”
― Inio Asano, quote from Solanin
“I'm not some pure heart chasing after dreams. I know how difficult it is to live an ordinary life, having to overlook each other's shortcomings.”
― Inio Asano, quote from Solanin
“... back then the sky seemed so vast.
And now the sky above me... is low, and narrow, and heavy.”
― Inio Asano, quote from Solanin
“We were like visitors to some strange planet.”
― Inio Asano, quote from Solanin
“ the path your life is stuck on and be free
It's a dark whisper calling to me.
But I'm not brave enough to listen. I'm old enough to know I don't have any special talents. So no matter how depressing... I have to suck it up... And live the life I have.”
― Inio Asano, quote from Solanin
“Besides... I'm very old and I can't remember things too well anymore. When my letters come back to me, it makes me feel like my wife still remembers me.”
― Inio Asano, quote from Solanin
“Today is the first step of our new lives.”
― Inio Asano, quote from Solanin
“Nothing's going to change if you're just thinking about it. No matter how much you worry about someone else's problems.... you can't fix it for them.”
― Inio Asano, quote from Solanin
“Anyway, I think the two of you should be free to do whatever you want right now. When you're young, you think the only way to happiness is the hard road... but it's actually much simpler than that.”
― Inio Asano, quote from Solanin
“My brand new sandals are a little stiff, and I think they'll give me blisters. But I love them, so I'll probably wear them out.
With cautious feet, we move forward. Today is the first step of our new lives.”
― Inio Asano, quote from Solanin
“I bet even this little boy will grow up to be an adult before he realizes. He'll just become an adult like that. Whether he accepts it or resists until the end is a big fork in the path of life, I suppose.”
― Inio Asano, quote from Solanin
“There is only one thing solid enough to hold on to and it is her. I love her. She is my other half, my second chance, the only way in the world I could have learned to be more than a monster. Her weakness showed me my strength, her faith made me believe, her love made me whole. I will never forget her, and I wont let her go.”
― Stacey Jay, quote from Romeo Redeemed
“Are these from you?”
The voice so startled me that I whirled around. Unfortunately, I was still holding the rake in
my hand. Even more unfortunately, the wooden handle caught him right along the side of his
face. He staggered back, stunned, the bottle of wine I’d just left at his door slipping from his
grasp and shattering on the path with a crash. The scent of merlot drifted up around us, canceling
out the smells of spring.
“Oops,” I said in a strangled voice.
“Jesus Christ, lady,” my new neighbor cursed, rubbing his cheek. “What is your problem?”
― Kristan Higgins, quote from Too Good to Be True
“You alone are responsible for this. Your twisted schemes have caused the death of all that you knew. I only wish that at least one of the Aesir lived so that he might see how foul you truly are.”
― Mike Vasich, quote from Loki
“No matter how far back you cut a willow tree, it will never really die.”
― Ann Brashares, quote from 3 Willows: The Sisterhood Grows
“The world exists for the education of each man. There is no age or state of society, or mode of action in history, to which there is not somewhat corresponding in his life. Everything tends in a most wonderful manner to abbreviate itself and yield its own virtue to him. He should see that he can live all history in his own person. He must sit at home with might and main, and not suffer himself to be bullied by kings or empires, but know that he is greater than all the geography and all the governments of the world . . .”
― Paul Scott, quote from The Towers of Silence
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