The Cat Who Saved Books (The Cat Who..., #1)

by Sōsuke Natsukawa

hikikomori

pulling inward, being confined

“Books have tremendous power.”

‘it is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.’”

Our best weapon for fighting all the pain and trouble in the world isn’t logic or violence. It’s humor.”

‘irasshaimase,’

welcome" or "please come in".

“In our stifling daily lives, we’re all so occupied with ourselves that we stop thinking about others. When a person loses their own heart, they can’t feel another’s pain. They lie, they hurt others, use weaker people as stepping-stones to get ahead—they stop feeling anything. The world has become full of those kinds of people.”