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“You know what I think? I think you're obsessed with me, Sadie Wen.”
― Ann Liang

“Now I was starting to wonder. How much had my own thinking limited my opportunities?”
― Michiko Aoyama, What You Are Looking for is in the Library

“You were trying to run away, weren’t you, Grandpa.” Grandpa...! This completely knocks the wind out of my sails.”
― Michiko Aoyama, What You Are Looking for is in the Library

“Belonging is an ambiguous state, you know. Take this place, for example. We can both be in the same place, but having that sheet of glass between us makes us feel as if what is happening on the other side is irrelevant, doesn’t it. Remove the partition, however, and instantly you become part of the same world. Even though it is all one to begin with.”
― Michiko Aoyama, What You Are Looking for is in the Library

“Books belong to everybody: the creators, the sellers and the readers.”
― Michiko Aoyama, What You Are Looking for is in the Library

“Just as every day is equal in value and no less important than all the others. The day I was born, today as I stand here now and the many tomorrows to come.”
― Michiko Aoyama, What You Are Looking for is in the Library

“Readers make their own personal connections to words, irrespective of the writer’s intentions, and each reader gains something unique.”
― Michiko Aoyama, What You Are Looking For Is in the Library

“What do you think about when you do the laundry?”
― Min Jin Lee, Pachinko

“If her eyes were small and anxious, his were large and full of acceptance.”
― Min Jin Lee, Pachinko

“Living every day in the presence of those who refuse to acknowledge your humanity takes great courage.”
― Min Jin Lee, Pachinko

“Hansu never told him to study, but rather to learn, and it occurred to Noa that there was a marked difference. Learning was like playing, not labor.”
― Min Jin Lee, Pachinko

“She could not see his humanity, and Noa realized that this was what he wanted most of all: to be seen as human.”
― Min Jin Lee, Pachinko

“Whatever you think, whatever you feel, I know is your problem and not my problem. It is the way you see the world.”
― Miguel Ruiz, The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom

“When everything around you is great, everything makes you happy. You are loving everything that is around you, because you are loving yourself. Because you like the way you are.”
― Miguel Ruiz, The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom

“Do not expect people to tell you the truth because they also lie to themselves.”
― Miguel Ruiz, The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom

“If someone is not treating you with love and respect, it is a gift if they walk away from you. If that person doesn’t walk away, you will surely endure many years of suffering with him or her. Walking away may hurt for a while, but your heart will eventually heal. Then you can choose what you really want. You will find that you don’t need to trust others as much as you need to trust yourself to make the right choices.”
― Miguel Ruiz, The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom

“You are never responsible for the actions of others; you are only responsible for you.”
― Miguel Ruiz, The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom

“We create a lot of emotional poison just by making assumptions and taking it personally, because usually we start gossiping about our assumptions.”
― Miguel Ruiz, The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom

“So even before others have a chance to reject us, we have already rejected ourselves. That is the way the human mind works.”
― Miguel Ruiz, The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom

“Real love is accepting other people the way they are without trying to change them.”
― Miguel Ruiz, The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom

“The day you stop making assumptions you will communicate cleanly and clearly, free of emotional poison.”
― Miguel Ruiz, The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom

“It is always better to ask questions than to make an assumption, because assumptions set us up for suffering.”
― Miguel Ruiz, The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom

“But as much as I’ll own my flaws, ultimately, I know that I am a good person.”
― Britney Spears, The Woman in Me

“Shaving my head was a way of saying to the world: Fuck you. You want me to be pretty for you? Fuck you. You want me to be good for you? Fuck you. You want me to be your dream girl? Fuck you.”
― Britney Spears, The Woman in Me

“Seeing them marching in the streets, chanting “Free Britney!”—that was the most amazing thing I’d ever seen in my life.”
― Britney Spears, The Woman in Me

“If you stood up for me when I couldn’t stand up for myself: from the bottom of my heart, thank you.”
― Britney Spears, The Woman in Me

“Can you imagine what it’s like for someone who can’t see or feel, to taste something sweet?”
― Durian Sukegawa, Sweet Bean Paste

“It’s my belief that everything in this world has its own language. We have the ability to open up our ears and minds to anything and everything.”
― Durian Sukegawa, Sweet Bean Paste

“If pursuing the positive is a negative, then pursuing the negative generates the positive.”
― Mark Manson, The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life & Everything Is F*cked: A Book about Hope Hardcover – DEC 14, 2021

“Rejections that were painful in the moment have actually worked out for the best.”
― Mark Manson, The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life